Questioning Multilateralism: Conceptual Re-Evaluation and the Decline in the Western Multilateral Order
The Western multilateral order (WMO), which was established under the leadership of the US after the Second World War, and remained unrivaled with the collapse of the USSR, has recently entered a multidimensional crisis process. This situation aggravates doubts about the future of the WMO and the de...
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| description | The Western multilateral order (WMO), which was established under the leadership of the US after the Second World War, and remained unrivaled with the collapse of the USSR, has recently entered a multidimensional crisis process. This situation aggravates doubts about the future of the WMO and the development of alternative international order scenarios both in academic and political communities. This study aims to develop a theoretical conceptual basis for understanding the crisis in question. The study suggests that in order to understand the crisis in the WMO, it was necessary to focus on the concept of multilateralism that formed its basis. In this context, the study develops Ruggie's definition of multilateralism, arguing that the definition should be expanded, especially in the context of power relations, and that multilateralism should be evaluated as a combination of power, interest, and identity elements. The three-pillar multilateral model developed in the theoretical section is then applied to the case of the decline of the WMO. It is argued that the decline of the WMO rests upon the change in the distribution of power in the international system and the differentiation of both identities and interests of the members in the order. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8126406c8e9a46a286aca440990d258d2025-02-03T01:47:43ZengRasim Özgür DönmezAlternatif Politika1309-05932022-02-0114117620010.53376/ap.2022.062306Questioning Multilateralism: Conceptual Re-Evaluation and the Decline in the Western Multilateral OrderTamer Kaşıkçı0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2299-8863ESKİŞEHİR OSMANGAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER BÖLÜMÜThe Western multilateral order (WMO), which was established under the leadership of the US after the Second World War, and remained unrivaled with the collapse of the USSR, has recently entered a multidimensional crisis process. This situation aggravates doubts about the future of the WMO and the development of alternative international order scenarios both in academic and political communities. This study aims to develop a theoretical conceptual basis for understanding the crisis in question. The study suggests that in order to understand the crisis in the WMO, it was necessary to focus on the concept of multilateralism that formed its basis. In this context, the study develops Ruggie's definition of multilateralism, arguing that the definition should be expanded, especially in the context of power relations, and that multilateralism should be evaluated as a combination of power, interest, and identity elements. The three-pillar multilateral model developed in the theoretical section is then applied to the case of the decline of the WMO. It is argued that the decline of the WMO rests upon the change in the distribution of power in the international system and the differentiation of both identities and interests of the members in the order.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3259349çoktaraflılıkbatı çok taraflı düzenisosyal i̇nşacılıkdeğişimmultilateralismwestern multilateral ordersocial constructivismchange |
| spellingShingle | Tamer Kaşıkçı Questioning Multilateralism: Conceptual Re-Evaluation and the Decline in the Western Multilateral Order Alternatif Politika çoktaraflılık batı çok taraflı düzeni sosyal i̇nşacılık değişim multilateralism western multilateral order social constructivism change |
| title | Questioning Multilateralism: Conceptual Re-Evaluation and the Decline in the Western Multilateral Order |
| title_full | Questioning Multilateralism: Conceptual Re-Evaluation and the Decline in the Western Multilateral Order |
| title_fullStr | Questioning Multilateralism: Conceptual Re-Evaluation and the Decline in the Western Multilateral Order |
| title_full_unstemmed | Questioning Multilateralism: Conceptual Re-Evaluation and the Decline in the Western Multilateral Order |
| title_short | Questioning Multilateralism: Conceptual Re-Evaluation and the Decline in the Western Multilateral Order |
| title_sort | questioning multilateralism conceptual re evaluation and the decline in the western multilateral order |
| topic | çoktaraflılık batı çok taraflı düzeni sosyal i̇nşacılık değişim multilateralism western multilateral order social constructivism change |
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