Regions and international affairs: Motives, opportunities and strategies

Keating, Michael

doi:10.1080/13597569908421068

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“…During his meeting with the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, President Barzani stated that "Kurdistan Region will soon hold a referendum on independence to show the will of the people to the world" (Bas News Website, 2017). This is well in line with Keating's view that one of the main political motivations for a region of a sub-state entity to practice paradiplomacy is their aspiration toward statehood through preparing international opinion and seeking friends who might be potential supporters at an early stage (Keating, 1999).…”

Section: Political Motivationssupporting

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Aiming at Secession

Danilovich

Abdulrahman

2017

UKH J SOC SCI

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A B S T R A C TThis study addresses the issue of subnational units' activism in the international arena, using the case of the Iraqi Kurdistan federal region. The prevailing view in the literature is that the increasing involvement of sub-state entities in international relations is caused by globalization and growing economic interdependence. We argue that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has been extremely active in the international arena to, primarily, secure a favorable international image and gain support for recognition in pursuit of a secessionist agenda. To prove our argument, we generated data through interviews with KRG officials, politicians and Kurdish intellectuals as well as through examination of secondary data, such as official documents, newspaper reports, statistics, and public speeches. Our findings suggest that the KRG has methodically acted to garner international support for its secessionist plans. This conclusion may add to the theory of federalism and paradiplomacy by suggesting that strong political motives may also be an underlying cause of sub-state units' engagement in international relations, not only globalization and economic interdependence.

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“…Keating points out that regions and large ethnic groups also seek recognition by taking part in international organizations, for example, UNESCO (Keating, 1999). Therefore, Kurdistan started to renovate the Citadel, the vestige of the most ancient history of the region.…”

Section: Social and Cultural Motivationsmentioning

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Aiming at Secession

Danilovich

Abdulrahman

2017

UKH J SOC SCI

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“…26 With this background context in mind, it is understandable why the CETA has been a complicated deal to conclude. As we would see in the subsequent sections of this paper, both parties to the CETA agreement operate contrasting federal systems of governments which 22 Hayes opines that the first question to ask when examining the international regulation of federal nation/states is whether the treaty language evidences an intention to 'opt out' of the default rule of nation/state responsibility for sub-national governments. See Hayes 2004, at 20.…”

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The Evolving Role of Sub-national Actors in International Trade Interactions: A Comparative Analysis of Belgium and Canada

Omiunu

2017

Global Journal of Comparative Law

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At present, sub-national actors enjoy varied degrees of acceptance within the various frameworks for international trade interactions of their home states. This is mainly due to the reality that there is a growing intersection between sub-national, national and international policy arenas, making the policy space increasingly difficult to delineate neatly. More so, with international norms still opposed to the participation of sub-national actors in the international scene, most of the actions taken by these actors are classified as ‘wholly domestic policies’, which their central governments are mandated to ensure are in conformity with international obligations. This has made the mapping and understanding of sub-national foreign engagement difficult to conceptualise in a coherent manner. Focusing on Belgium and Canada, this paper seeks to ascertain: whether there are any coherent themes deducible in the way we conceptualise emerging patterns of engagement by sub-national actors in international trade relations.

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“…Asimismo, en 2009 se llevó a cabo un seminario internacional referido a la paradiplomacia en América Latina, del cual resultó el libro editado por Maira (2010). Véanse los trabajos de Kincaid (2003), Keating (1999Keating ( , 2000Keating ( , 2003 y Michelmann (1990Michelmann ( , 2009, entre otros.…”

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El rol de la paradiplomacia en las entidades binacionales: análisis del accionar de las provincias argentinas y regiones chilenas en los casos de EBITAN y EBIFETRA

Álvarez

2017

Si Somos Am.

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Regions and international affairs: Motives, opportunities and strategies

Cited by 121 publications

References 6 publications

Aiming at Secession

Aiming at Secession

The Evolving Role of Sub-national Actors in International Trade Interactions: A Comparative Analysis of Belgium and Canada

El rol de la paradiplomacia en las entidades binacionales: análisis del accionar de las provincias argentinas y regiones chilenas en los casos de EBITAN y EBIFETRA

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