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This chapter explains the model of institutional relationships developed by Knudsen and Navari, and reviews its development from Keohane’s distinction between reflective and rational institutions to Buzan’s distinction between primary and secondary institutions and his idea of nested institutions. It models a reticular and constitutive relationship between foundation institutions and international organizations, which the authors argue constitutes the institutional structure of world order. It overviews the recent applications of the model to the cases of the European Union, to the Security Council in respect of jus cogens and to the Arab League.
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In regard to the use of force, p. 154; balance of power, p. 110; international law, pp. 145–49; diplomacy, p. 174; war, pp. 188–9.
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As opposed to the developing Continental ES; Knudsen’s PhD of 1999 quoted it extensively.
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The article concluded with a reference to international law as a “bridge” between the two.
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Sovereignty “defines the social identity of the state and, in turn constitutes the basic institutional practices of international society”.
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This is identical in substance to John Duffield’s “new definition” of 2007, 7–8: “relatively stable sets of related constitutive, regulative, and procedural norms and rules that pertain to the international system” but is superior in specifying the parts.
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Statehood, territoriality, sovereignty, international law, diplomacy, international trade, colonialism, war.
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GPM has, of course, been enshrined in the Security Council, but only in regard to threats to the peace.
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For example, multilateralism, guarantees, human rights, market.
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ECOWAS protocol 1999; Community of Democracies, Warsaw Declaration 2000, UNSCR 940 to Restore Democracy in Haiti.
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Navari, C. (2021). Institutions and Organizations. In: Navari, C. (eds) International Society. Trends in European IR Theory. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56055-3_9
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