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non-state actor
 Doesn’t represent a state, government, or organization.
 Mostly terrorist groups: Al Qaeda and JEM (Sudanese Liberation Army)
 Difference between NGO: no international/broad issue; not as organized aka rag tag
Primordial
- individuals willing to sacrifice themselves
-deeply ingrained from birth
-social component determining membership
-no physical distinction
Ex. North Korea
Instrumental
-member as long as the benefits outweigh the costs
-won’t stick around during conflicts
Ex. U.S. Political Parties
Multi-National States in conflict
 They give more power to the ethno-national political groups in order to hold the country together
 Come together through a shared history, government, and protest when one group is becoming too powerful in the system.
 Federalism
 Genocide
 Expulsion
 Integrationist Nationalist Identity-come up with things all groups share
 Autonomy/Devolution- self-determination movements
World Trade Organization
-intellectual property rights: creation of one’s mind aka
copyrights/trademarks: Part of (TRIPS) Trade-Related
Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
-handles trade disputes in consumer services (hotels,
restaurants, and travel agencies)
-handles disputes in producer services: investments and
banking, insurance, advertising, and data processing
-hopes to integrate in disputes on agriculture,
textiles/clothing, telecommunications, labor standards, and
environment
-wants to make new, more effective way to solve company
and country dispu
World Bank
-United Nations agency designed to promote the economic development of
the world’s poorer countries and to assist them through long-term
financing of development projects:
-promotes long-term development of poorer countries by financing
specific projects that can achieve institutional and structural economic
changes
-provides very low-interest loans through the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
-provides interest-free loans that can last 35 years or longer; for poorer
countries to provide basic needs through the International Development
Association (IDA)
-makes loans to companies in developing countries through the
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
-attracts inves
International Monetary Fund
-provides loans
-reconfigures loans/new payment structures
-provides emergency aid through money
-helps to reduce poverty
-all incentives come with strings: -austerity package:
basically forcing
democracy on people
-scares states’
sovereignty
states joining IGOs
• Economic rewards
o NAFTA
• Political influence
o Uruguay and Paraguay in MERCOSUR
o Italy and Germany in the European Common Market (EU)
• Security
o NATO- “collective security”
o Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
o reciprocity
Risks
• Lose state sovereignty
o Development of supranational organizations
• Insufficient benefits (lose more than gained
o Switzerland- wants to pursue political and economic goals apart from the EU
o Russia- feels it would hurt national interests by joining OPEC
supranationalism
It is the condition in which an IGO is so powerful that it has autonomous authority or certain powers of coercion independent of the member states.
influence of supranationalism
Voting rules- make rules to make it easier for states to work together than to try and be independent
• Legal authority- an IGO has legal precedent over the member states
• Influence in new areas- able to create precedents when encountering new areas by taking a entrepreneurial role
• Interest group facilitation- encourage and mediate cooperation between and within states
Rational Choice
• Based on the assumption like, economic liberalism, that humans are rational
• Emphasizes the importance of domestic politics
o Addresses motivations for individuals and companies
o Runs cost-benefit analysis on government economic actions
• Stance on Trade
o Free trade may be good for some groups but not others
o Understand how the government’s actions affect businesses and visa versa
Economic Liberalism
• ind. and states care about their own satisfaction in market
• Free markets
• Minimal government interference
• Stance on Trade
o Free trade is
o Brings about economic integration throughout the world
Neomercantilism
• Also known as realism
• Follows realism thought
o Applies it to mercantilist values
o Economics is for the benefit of the state
• Economics for the increase of state power
• Stance on Trade
o Free trade is good if it serves the interest of the state
o Usually involves trade barriers like tariffs and quotas
o Maximize exports and minimize imports