TY - JOUR
T1 - Challenges to the International Institutional Order
AU - Dai, Xinyuan
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The parts of this article have been presented at the European Union Center at University of Illinois, November 2018; Beijing Forum at Beijing University, November 2019; and the Cline Center for Advanced Social Research at University of Illinois, November 2019. I thank the organisers of and participants at these forums for their engagements, and Joshua Holmes for research assistance.
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - Witnessing power shifts among major countries in the world, scholars and policymakers alike are confronted with crucial questions about the international institutional order: Do power shifts expedite the collapse of the order? Who are its major challengers, and why? This article tackles these issues, drawing on rationalist theories of international institutions that include both realist and neoliberal thinking. I analyse how the making of the international institutional order, along with its evolution, informs us of the sources of challenges to that order. Accordingly, I explain why the country most powerful in making the international institutional order-thus the apparent beneficiary of that order-ends up nursing so many grievances against it. I illustrate this thesis in the areas of collective security, international trade, and democracy promotion. This article contributes to important debates on global governance and raises policy implications for the rewriting of international rules.
AB - Witnessing power shifts among major countries in the world, scholars and policymakers alike are confronted with crucial questions about the international institutional order: Do power shifts expedite the collapse of the order? Who are its major challengers, and why? This article tackles these issues, drawing on rationalist theories of international institutions that include both realist and neoliberal thinking. I analyse how the making of the international institutional order, along with its evolution, informs us of the sources of challenges to that order. Accordingly, I explain why the country most powerful in making the international institutional order-thus the apparent beneficiary of that order-ends up nursing so many grievances against it. I illustrate this thesis in the areas of collective security, international trade, and democracy promotion. This article contributes to important debates on global governance and raises policy implications for the rewriting of international rules.
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U2 - 10.1093/cjip/poaa018
DO - 10.1093/cjip/poaa018
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85100377438
SN - 1750-8916
VL - 13
SP - 485
EP - 508
JO - Chinese Journal of International Politics
JF - Chinese Journal of International Politics
IS - 4
ER -