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The roles of regional organisations in international peace and security in the post-modern era. The case of the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe with the Former Soviet Union Republic States.

The thesis analyses the systems, dynamics and conditions of international
cooperation/non-cooperation in the international community that is embodied
through international/regional institutions and organisations. As Robert
Cooper describes, the international community consists of the three worlds in
which the differences between them may be confrontational in international
cooperation. While the post-modern civilisation and values are introduced into
the institutions and organisations for international peace and security, the
state actors from the pre-modern and modern civilisations and values are
vigorously defending the traditional version of state sovereignty. Then, all
these are equally the member of the international community and, as Robert
Axelrod¿s Prisoner Dilemma game sets, neither state actors nor structural
actors of international relations can escape from it. Therefore, it is hoped that,
as Axelrod¿s theory suggests, the closed community, in the end, produces
cooperation and a positive peace for a better future for all.
In the case studies, the OSCE faces a number of non-cooperative state
actors, like Russia. An anti-OSCE civilisation exists and is resisting the
organisational values, while it is staying in the framework. Thus, the
organisation is suffering from defectors and free-riders. Knowing the limitation
of the organisation, it still has a space for improvement and a useful function
which is to provide a long term process to make a non-cooperate actor
cooperative.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/5660
Date January 2011
CreatorsNara, Takako
ContributorsNot named
PublisherUniversity of Bradford, Department of Peace Studies
Source SetsBradford Scholars
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis, doctoral, PhD
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