Democracy, Regional Security Institutions, and Rivalry Mitigation: Evidence From Europe, South America, and Asia

Weiffen, Brigitte; Dembinski, Matthias; Hasenclever, Andreas; Freistein, Katja; Yamauchi, Makiko

doi:10.1080/09636412.2011.599206

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“…Their democracy promotion activities are thus conditioned by structural constraints, which include their national sovereignty, bilateral trade and security interests and the neocolonial label of serving the West's vested interests. Nonetheless, for this cluster of emerging donors, the benefit of democracy promotion, albeit contested, is compelling in that democratic institutions can complement economic development, trade (Baum and Lake 2003;Rodrik, Subramanian and Trebbi 2002) and regional security (Defoe et al 2013;Weiffen et al 2011;Russett 2005;Oneal and Russett 1999;Nathan 1998;Owen 1994;Russett 1994). And, as they are among the largest democracies in the world, India, Brazil and South Africa find it increasingly difficult to resist calls to act as responsible actors in the promotion of peace, security and development when they themselves call for equality in global governance and want to attract positive recognition of their actions in global affairs.…”

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Emerging donors: the promise and limits of bilateral and multilateral democracy promotion

Cooper

Farooq

2015

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

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This paper examines the evolving pattern of democracy promotion by three emerging donors: India, Brazil and South Africa. It first asks how the emerging donors promote democracy through their development assistance. The paper argues that despite the risk of compromising security and trade interests, the emerging donors have adapted to a 2 £ 2 (two by two) model of democracy promotion by which they circumvent risk by promoting procedural democracy through bilateral means and non-procedural democracy through multilateral frameworks. Second, the paper asks why these three countries exhibit the same pattern of democracy promotion in spite of not having coordination among them. In response, the paper provides a structure-agent explanation. The paper contends that the structural constraints imposed on emerging donors are conducive to the operation of the 2 £ 2 model in promoting democracy. While the model safeguards the emerging donors from criticism of being undue interveners in other countries' domestic affairs, it also privileges them with international recognition for being responsible partners in democracy promotion.

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Emerging donors: the promise and limits of bilateral and multilateral democracy promotion

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Farooq

2015

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

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“…Yet, regionalism has frequently thrived in auspicious contexts such as in the wake of democratic transitions, since states were eager to take on multilateral security commitments and overcome divisions. 43 Likewise, transnational challenges such as migration could prompt regional solutions, but have occasionally also led to nationalist backlash, the closing of borders, and the shut-down of regional cooperation mechanisms.…”

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Stress factors and their impact on regionalism

Weiffen¹

2020

Regionalism Under Stress

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This chapter sets the stage for a comparative assessment of the stress factors that have an impact on regionalism in Europe, Latin America, and beyond. It presents an analytical framework with which to investigate commonalities, parallel developments, and diffusion effects among regionalisms around the world. The well-studied multidimensional crisis of the European Union (EU) serves as a point of departure. The EU has struggled to respond to an accumulation of challenges, such as the euro crisis and the tense relationship between Brussels and the countries most affected by it; repeated confrontations among members about how to handle unprecedented levels of immigration; growing electoral support for nationalist parties in many member states; the threat of domestic terrorism; the Russo-Ukraine conflict in the immediate neighborhood; and the British decision to leave the EU. The EU's obvious limitations in coming to grips with recent crises have damaged its reputation as a role model for regional integration worldwide.Obviously, the specific challenges and their combination are unique to the EU. The same applies to challenges facing regional organizations in Latin America or other regions of the world. Therefore, existing studies of the crisis of regionalism have usually focused on the fate of individual regions. In contrast, the aim of this chapter is to go beyond a specific regional context and come up with an analytical framework that, while inspired by real-world cases, is sufficiently general to compare the potential impact of stress factors on regionalism in different world regions.

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“…Weiffen et al (2011) have suggested the relevance of transgovernmental webs for achieving peaceful relations, but they have not made the SADC the focus of their empirical research. In contrast, Sanahuja and Verdes-Montenegro Escánez (2014) have made a thorough analysis of the institution's actions, but they have not stressed community and interaction elements.…”

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The South American Defense Council: the Building of a Community of Practice for Regional Defense

Vitelli

2017

Rev. bras. polít. int.

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• Este é um artigo publicado em acesso aberto e distribuído sob os termos da AbstractWhile the South American Defense Council has been analyzed as a security community, we argue that it is best described as an early stage community of practice, since it has successfully set in motion a regular interaction dynamic between numerous defense actors, as we demonstrate with concrete examples. We further discuss political support as a prerequisite for regional defense identity.

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Democracy, Regional Security Institutions, and Rivalry Mitigation: Evidence From Europe, South America, and Asia

Cited by 5 publications

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Emerging donors: the promise and limits of bilateral and multilateral democracy promotion

Emerging donors: the promise and limits of bilateral and multilateral democracy promotion

Stress factors and their impact on regionalism

The South American Defense Council: the Building of a Community of Practice for Regional Defense

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