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Impact of regional dynamics on US policy toward regional security arrangements in East Asia / Press-Barnathan, Galia

Press-Barnathan, Galia	Article
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This paper examines American policy regarding regional security arrangements (RSAs) in Asia. It argues that it is American perceptions of regional interest in such RSAs and of the compatibility of the goals of regional partners with those of the United States, which eventually shape American policy. After discussing the potential value and cost of RSAs, it suggests that actual policy choices are shaped largely as a reaction to regional states’ motivations and policies. Since in Asia, there was limited functional pooling effect to be gained from RSAs, changes in American policies reflected much more a reaction to changes in regional interest in such arrangements. This interaction is demonstrated through a review of post-Cold War developments regarding US RSA policy, distinguishing between the early years of transition to unipolarity and the erosion of unipolarity since the late 1990s. These are also compared to earlier American policy regarding RSAs during the Cold War.

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NATO ; East Asia ; Asia ; RSAS ; US Policy ; Regional Dynamics ;
Regional Security Arrangements ; Cold War ; US - RSA Policy

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Regional security arrangements as a filter for norm diffusion: the African Union, the European Union and the responsibility to protect / Dembinski, Matthias; Schott, Berenike

Dembinski, Matthias	Journal Article
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2014.

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Regional security arrangements play a central role in modifying emerging norms as they travel from the global to the local level. This process of norm localization is shaped by various factors such as the characteristics of regional security cultures, corresponding resonance with the emerging norm, institutional voice opportunities, and mechanisms of framing and pruning as they are utilized by norm entrepreneurs. The article applies this analytical framework to the localization of the responsibility to protect (R2P) norm by the African Union and the European Union. Subsequently, the paper examines how localization of the R2P norm in both regions affected their reactions to the Libyan crisis in 2011. It also examines the likely ramifications that the intervention may have on the future reception of the R2P by African and European actors.

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European Union ; African Union ; Responsibility to Protect (R2P) ; Regional Security Arrangements ; Regional Security Cultures

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