Description
The article discusses the role of international institutions in political-military, economic, and environmental issues. It focuses on various security institutions such as NATO, the Western European Union, and the United Nations peacekeeping. The article also explores the changes and effects of these institutions on national policies and the conditions that affect their cooperation and discord. It aims to improve our understanding of recent developments in international relations and highlights the importance of institutionalist approaches in security studies.
International institutions play important roles in political-military issues as well as in economic and environmental affairs. Indeed, it is impossible to understand efforts to resolve regional and local conflicts, or the form and pace of alliance formation and expansion, without paying attention to security institutions. Imperfect Unions discusses a wide variety of security institutions, including NATO, the Western European Union, United Nations peacekeeping, the ASEAB Regional Forum, and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. It describes changes in security institutions, documents the effects of such institutions on national policies, and explores the conditions that affect the patterns of co-operation and discord that ensue. The book helps to improve our understanding of recent developments in international relations such as NATO enlargement and the regionalization of peacekeeping. In theoretical terms, it shows how institutionalist approaches, such as those represented in this volume, can enrich the important field of security studies.
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