Responding to Internationalism
Focus #1
Key Question: How do some nations and nation-states shape their responses to the rest of the world?
Learning Goal: Understand the different roles nations and nation-states assume in the international community.
Learning Goal: Understand the different roles nations and nation-states assume in the international community.
Serving the national interest is a powerful motive for successful nations and nation-states. This motive shapes the way governments manage their domestic affairs - and how they respond to the world. Motives shape choices and responses. Suppose, for example, that a flood of refugees were entering a country to escape conflict in their own land. If the host country's people believed that peace and security were important, the government might build a fence to keep the refugees out. But if humanitarianism was important, the same government might build camps where refugees could live and be helped. And if both humanitarianism and peace and security were important, a government might ask other countries to help host the refugees. When deciding how to respond to the world, countries are influenced by many factors related to the needs of their people. They may choose from a range of responses, including isolationism, unilateralism, bilateralism, multilateralism, and supranationalism.
Isolationism
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Unilateralism
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Bilateralism
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Multilateralism
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