Why Do Liberals Think International Institutions Are a Good Thing

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1. Introduction
2. International Institutions and Liberalism
3. Advantages of International Institutions
4. Limitations of International Institutions
5. Perspectives of International Institutions
6. Conclusion

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본문내용

The creation of international organisations as a part of the Bretton Woods system can be viewed as a way to implement liberalist norms into global politics and to contrast the realist notions of national interests’ dominance (Jaafar 2018, 9). The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of these institutions that is responsible for international peacekeeping and can authorise military action and economic sanctions against potential aggressors. On the global scale, the period following the formation of this organisation was characterised by high degrees of stability with no armed conflicts existing in the Western Hemisphere by 2016 for the first time in history since the 1600s (Fettweis 2017, 423). That said, this security could be largely attributed to the unipolar world model supported by the US hegemony that is currently shifting towards the multipolarity or nopolarity system. This can also be viewed as a substantial limitation of this institution’s efficiency due to the dependence of the UNSC on the personal interests of this country, which is frequently criticised by international relations experts.

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