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More than meets the eye – and less: Comments on The Internationalists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2018

ANDREAS FOLLESDAL
ANDREAS FOLLESDAL*
Affiliation:
Pluricourts, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, PO Box 6706, St. Olavs plass, 0130 Oslo, Norway
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Abstract:

These comments address three themes concerning Oona A Hathaway’s and Scott J Shapiro’s The Internationalists (Hathaway and Shapiro 2017), a great contribution to scholarship about international relations, international law and international legal theory. I first explore further some game theoretical themes, how the Peace Pact arguably contributed to avoid war by creating institutions – such as international courts – that helped stabilise an assurance game among states by providing trustworthy information and commitments, in turn influencing practices and beliefs concerning mutual non-aggression. Second, I suggest that the authors should not claim more than that the Peace Pact was one cause of the massive shift in reduced warfare. Further arguments are needed to show that this treaty was the trigger that ‘began a cascade’. Third, I suggest that the lessons for the future are limited, as we explore how to preserve and improve on the New World Order of the Pact, rather than backsliding into the Old World Order.

Keywords

assurance gameinternationalistsPeace Pactwarworld order
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Special Articles
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Global Constitutionalism , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , November 2018 , pp. 330 - 341
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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