Proroković, Dušan (2024) Intergovernmental Organizations and Great Powers in the Multipolar World: The Issue of Confidence and the Impact on International Relations. In: Responsibility in International Relations. Selected papers from an international roundtable consultation in Vienna. International Progress Organization, Vienna, pp. 191-211. ISBN 978-3-900704-37-7
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The transformation of the structure of the world political system from unipolar to multipolar brings great changes and turbulence in international relations. Where are the international organizations in all this? On the one hand, trust in certain international organizations weakened during the pandemic. The statement of the US Secretary of State that the USA may never again fund the World Health Organization has opened this question too! The distrust of states - key players in world politics (among whom the US certainly is) in the honesty and functionality of international (or more precisely, intergovernmental) organizations can undermine their credibility and lead to a dramatic decline in confidence. Whom can they serve and what is the purpose of those institutions in general? At the same time, the rule that states are selfish was confirmed, i.e., that there is not much solidarity even in organizations like the EU, which further endangers their reputation. On the other hand, it is also shown that some international organizations are tragically dysfunctional, and therefore cannot influence the resolution of current crises and that they are in need of reform. This is primarily the case with the UN. On the third side, some international organizations such as the Council of Europe or the OSCE are becoming victims of a fierce confrontation between the key actors of international relations, as a result of which the question of their further purpose is opened. Nevertheless, despite all the problems faced by international organizations at this historical stage, it should be underlined that some other intergovernmental organizations are increasing their own influence (such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization or BRICS, for example). This research is devoted to the analysis of the current moment characterized by conflicts between the great powers (the USA and key Western European states on the one hand and the non-Western bloc led by Russia and China on the other) and the resulting decline in trust in international organizations, as well as the consequences of that approach. The presented theses practically confirm the postulates of the theory of neorealism in international relations (predominance of the principle of self-help, establishment of the balance of power, selfishness of states in an anarchic international environment).
| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | intergovernmental organizations, international relations, multipolarity, World politics, USA, Russia, China. BRICS, Alliance of Democracies |
| Depositing User: | Ana Vukićević |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Feb 2025 09:50 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Feb 2025 09:50 |
| URI: | http://repozitorijum.diplomacy.bg.ac.rs/id/eprint/1486 |
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