| ID | 117859 |
| Title Proper | Small states in multilateral negotiations. what have we learned? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Panke, Diana |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | There are many small states in the international system, which have considerably fewer capacities than their bigger counterpart. The study of multilateral negotiations in the European Union (EU), conferences taking place under the umbrella of the United Nations (UN), negotiations on the set up of an International Criminal Court (ICC), as well as the compliance bargaining in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) reveals that small states can sometimes be very influential-despite their size. Small states tend to be most likely to punch above their weight if the negotiations take place in an institutionalised arena with majority-based decision-making rules in which each state has one vote or in contexts in which decisions are made unanimously, if they are selective in negotiations and concentrate their capacities on the most important issues, engage in capacity-building activities to maximise their ideational resources, if they make use of institutional opportunity structures such as chairing meetings and engaging in agenda-setting, and if they individually or collectively apply persuasion strategies from early on. |
| `In' analytical Note | Cambridge Review of International Affairs Vol. 25, No.3; Sep 2012: p.387-398 |
| Journal Source | Cambridge Review of International Affairs Vol. 25, No.3; Sep 2012: p.387-398 |
| Key Words | United Nations ; European Union ; International System ; Multilateral Negotiations ; International Criminal Court ; WTO ; Small States |