Kin States in Sub-state Diplomacy Conflict Dynamics

Cantir, Cristian

doi:10.1093/isafpa/ory018

Cited by 8 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 64 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Activity in the international area is also fostered by the situation in which one or more regions in a given country show a strong ethnic identity separate from the other components of that country and state-creating aspirations based on national, racial, linguistic, religious and other foundations rooted in culture. In such a case, these "other" sub-state entities usually become the centrifugal forces in the home state (see more: [24]), emphasising in particular their own cultural and/or linguistic difference. The policy of regional Quebec authorities in the 20 th century is usually cited as the "flagship" proof of this thesis.…”

Section: Democratisation Liberalisation Development and Ethnic Divementioning

confidence: 99%

Dynamics of international activity of sub-state regions

Raś

2021

Vestnik SPbSU. International relations

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The paradiplomatic activity of sub-state regions has become an important element of international relations. The sub-state regions are able to implement specific international programs and deal with supra-regional challenges. The ability of regions to interact internationally depends primarily on the political and legal system of a given country, but also on the economic and socio-cultural potential as well as the geographical location. The paradiplomatic actions are also influenced by processes taking place in international relations, in particular globalisation and technological development. The author examines the dynamics of international activity of sub-state regions with a particular focus on the factors and premises that encourage regional authorities to undertake paradiplomatic actions. The main research objective of the article is a diagnosis of the motivation of regional activity in the international arena. A brief analysis of the development of international activity of sub-state regions is a starting point for considerations about economic, political and socio-cultural motives to paradiplomatic actions. Democratisation, liberalisation, development and ethnic diversity are considered as having a particularly significant impact on shaping the dynamics of international activity of sub-state regions. In his deliberations, the author primarily references the literature on the subject as well as his own achievements in the field of paradiplomacy studies.

show abstract

Section: Democratisation Liberalisation Development and Ethnic Divementioning

confidence: 99%

Dynamics of international activity of sub-state regions

Raś

2021

Vestnik SPbSU. International relations

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…One major insight coming from this literature is the identification of small spatially concentrated constituencies, which can hold informed and committed preferences—often expressed through the intermediary of regional parties or regional legislatures—over specific foreign policy issues (Plagemann and Destradi, 2015). However, these studies mainly look at under which explicit institutional conditions these subnational authorities can directly develop their own transnational networks, both bilaterally and multilaterally, with other similar political or cultural sub-units in other states (Cantir 2020; Royles, 2017). In most cases, these transnational opportunities for sub-state actors emerge in areas such as education, healthcare, climate change, waste management, culture, and transportation (Emanuel, 2020; Tavares, 2016).…”

Section: Regions and Foreign Policy-making: The State Of Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In parallel, another strand of scholarship, building on the concept of paradiplomacy or sub-state diplomacy, has observed how sub-state actors are increasingly involved in international politics (Aguirre, 1999;Aldecoa and Keating, 1999;Cantir, 2015Cantir, , 2020Curtis, 2011). Paradiplomacy is a phenomenon through which subnational actors-such as regional governments, but also large cities-bypass central governments and promote their own regional interests directly on the international arena.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

How do regional parties influence foreign policy? Insights from multilevel coalitional bargaining in India

Blarel

Willigen

2020

European Journal of International Relations

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

When and how do regional parties influence foreign policy in federal democracies with multiparty coalition governments? The existing literature has focused on situations of foreign policy disagreements between subnational parties and the central government in multinational states. By contrast, we argue that under varying conditions, central governments either decide to accommodate the preferences of small regional parties when designing foreign policies, or co-opt these regional parties to push their own foreign policy agenda. Some scholars looked at the role of decentralization and federal power arrangements in providing more control to political sub-units over the external affairs of a state. Other studies showed that certain coalition-building configurations facilitated the inclusion of the concerns of small parties in the foreign policy debate. Bridging these two literatures, we argue that both structural and agential conditions behind regional and national coalition building processes—visible in federal settings—affect foreign policy-making in different ways, and not necessarily toward disagreement and obstruction. To illustrate these hypothesized mechanisms, we look at two case studies in the Indian context: the role of regional parties in the debate over the US–India nuclear deal of 2008 and the role of regional parties in shaping India’s Sri Lanka policy from 2009 to 2014.

show abstract

Paradiplomacy and international conflict: disengagement from China by Swedish local governments

Sundqvist,

Jerdén

2024

Asia Eur J

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This article analyzes the development of paradiplomatic relations between subnational governments in China and Sweden. The empirical material comprises official documents, media reports, and interviews, and correspondence with local decision makers. Following steady growth in the 1990s and 2000s, the number of paradiplomatic agreements between the two countries declined dramatically at the end of the 2010s. To our knowledge, this extensive “local decoupling” is unprecedented, at least in the history of modern paradiplomacy between Europe and China. The decline can primarily be explained by three interrelated factors: worsening bilateral relations between Sweden and China, growing Swedish concern about the human rights situation in China, and the lack of activity in some of the cooperation projects. Rather than pursuing goals such as peacebuilding and economic benefit, generally described as the main drivers behind local governments’ international activities, several subnational governments in Sweden deemed it appropriate to terminate cooperation with their Chinese counterparts due to other concerns. This development demonstrates the usefulness of a more constructivist perspective of paradiplomacy.

show abstract

Kin States in Sub-state Diplomacy Conflict Dynamics

Cited by 8 publications

References 64 publications

Dynamics of international activity of sub-state regions

Dynamics of international activity of sub-state regions

How do regional parties influence foreign policy? Insights from multilevel coalitional bargaining in India

Paradiplomacy and international conflict: disengagement from China by Swedish local governments

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About