Introduction: cooperation, conflict, and interaction in the global commons
The Global Commons – the High Seas, Antarctica, the Atmosphere, and Outer Space – are resource domains outside the authority of states. Historically, the Global Commons have been practically inaccessible and thus rarely subject to sovereignty claims and international regulations. With technological...
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ftnupi:oai:nupi.brage.unit.no:11250/3008755 2023-05-15T13:32:55+02:00 Introduction: cooperation, conflict, and interaction in the global commons Riddervold, Marianne Newsome, Akasemi 2022-07-27T07:28:30Z application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3008755 https://doi.org/10.1177/00471178211036598 eng eng International Relations. 2021, 1-19. urn:issn:0047-1178 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3008755 https://doi.org/10.1177/00471178211036598 cristin:1924654 Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no CC-BY 1-19 International Relations Peer reviewed Journal article 2022 ftnupi https://doi.org/10.1177/00471178211036598 2022-10-13T05:49:44Z The Global Commons – the High Seas, Antarctica, the Atmosphere, and Outer Space – are resource domains outside the authority of states. Historically, the Global Commons have been practically inaccessible and thus rarely subject to sovereignty claims and international regulations. With technological advances and environmental developments, the Global Commons have become a key site for international relations (hereinafter IR). In spite of often competing claims from state and non-state actors to these areas, the Global Commons have remained mainly cooperative. This is not what one would expect from most IR perspectives in a close to anarchical environment and a volatile geopolitical international environment. This Special Issue sets out to address this puzzle by asking: To what extent and why is there little conflict in the Global Commons? For this purpose, this introduction develops a common framework that distinguishes between three models and corresponding hypotheses of the factors affecting the level of cooperation and conflict in these domains. While two are based on realist and liberal IR perspectives, we draw on constructivism, political theory, and law to develop a third model, called the Human Heritage model. To conclude, this introduction also sums up the findings and discusses their implications for the Global Commons and IR studies. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Norwegian Institute of international affairs: NUPI Research Online (Brage) International Relations 35 3 365 383 |
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The Global Commons – the High Seas, Antarctica, the Atmosphere, and Outer Space – are resource domains outside the authority of states. Historically, the Global Commons have been practically inaccessible and thus rarely subject to sovereignty claims and international regulations. With technological advances and environmental developments, the Global Commons have become a key site for international relations (hereinafter IR). In spite of often competing claims from state and non-state actors to these areas, the Global Commons have remained mainly cooperative. This is not what one would expect from most IR perspectives in a close to anarchical environment and a volatile geopolitical international environment. This Special Issue sets out to address this puzzle by asking: To what extent and why is there little conflict in the Global Commons? For this purpose, this introduction develops a common framework that distinguishes between three models and corresponding hypotheses of the factors affecting the level of cooperation and conflict in these domains. While two are based on realist and liberal IR perspectives, we draw on constructivism, political theory, and law to develop a third model, called the Human Heritage model. To conclude, this introduction also sums up the findings and discusses their implications for the Global Commons and IR studies. publishedVersion |
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