International Relations

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5 domain-specific abstractions whose origin domain is International Relations.

• Constructivism (international relations) — An international-relations approach holding that actors' identities, interests and institutions are constituted through shared ideas, norms and social interaction.
• Intergovernmentalism — A theory of regional integration in which national governments remain the principal actors and major outcomes reflect bargaining among their domestically formed preferences.
• Kindleberger Trap — The international-relations hypothesis that global order deteriorates when a declining hegemon can no longer supply public goods and a rising power is unwilling or unable to assume that role.
• Right to exist — A contested political-legitimacy claim that a state or nation is entitled to continued political existence and recognition, historically framed as a fundamental right of states but not generally established as a distinct rule of international law.
• Wedge strategy (diplomacy) — A diplomatic strategy intended to prevent, divide, or weaken an opposing coalition by selectively altering members’ alignment incentives.