International Organization· 2017Q1· Book chapter
The halse Promise of International Institutions
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Western policymakers since the Cold War have pursued security arrangements based on international institutions, rejecting balance-of-power politics.
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Key points
- Post-Cold War Western policy prioritizes international institutions for security.
- This approach explicitly rejects balance-of-power politics.
- Leaders like Clinton and Lake advocated for a "neo-Wilsonian" view over traditional power politics.
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Abstract
Since the Cold War ended, Western policymakers have sought to create security arrangements in Europe, as well as in other regions of the globe, that are based on international institutions. In doing so, they explicitly reject balance-of-power politics as an organizing concept for the post-Cold War world. During the 1992 presidential campaign, for example, President Clinton declared that, “in a world where freedom, not tyranny, is on the march, the cynical calculus of pure power politics simply does not compute. It is ill-suited to a new era.” Before taking office, Anthony Lake, the president’s national security adviser, criticized the Bush administration for viewing the world through a “classic balance of power prism,” whereas he and Mr. Clinton took a “more ‘neo-Wilsonian’ view.” 1
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Field: Political Science and International Relations
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