Trust and hedging in international relations

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Trust and hedging in international relations

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Kendall Stiles

Creator

• Stiles, Kendall W

Author

• Stiles, Kendall W

Subject

• Case studies
• Diplomatic relations
• Electronic books
• International relations -- Social aspects -- Case studies
• Liechtenstein
• Liechtenstein -- Foreign relations
• Luxembourg
• Luxembourg -- Foreign relations
• Monaco
• Monaco -- Foreign relations
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government | International
• Andorra
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations | General
• San Marino
• San Marino -- Foreign relations
• Social aspects
• States, Small
• States, Small -- Case studies
• Trust -- Political aspects
• Trust -- Political aspects -- Case studies
• POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory
• Andorra -- Foreign relations

Genre

• Electronic books
• Case studies

Language

eng

Summary

"Do States trust each other? What are the political and ethical implications of trust? Drawing from a wide range of disciplines, Trust and Hedging in International Relations adds to the emerging literature on trust in international relations by offering a systematic measure of state-to-state trust. Looking at how relationships between European microstates and their partners have evolved over the past few centuries, Stiles finds that rather than trusting, most microstates are careful to hedge in their relations by agreeing only to arrangements that provide them with opt-out clauses, heavy involvement in joint decision-making, and sunset provisions. In the process, Stiles assesses the role of rationality, social relations, identity politics, and other theories of trust to demonstrate that trust is neither essential for cooperation nor a guarantee of protection and safety. Finally, he explores the ethical implications of a foreign policy founded on trust--in particular whether heads of state have the right to enter into open-ended agreements that put their citizens at risk"--

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography