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Multilateralism, Bilateralism, and Exclusion in the Nuclear Proliferation Regime
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Verdier, Daniel |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Description | I use the nuclear proliferation regime to show that dyadic diplomacy is not necessarily incompatible with the building of a multilateral regime; bilateralism is not the opposite of multilateralism, but an efficient component thereof. Although this point will not be new to most students of institutions, no general rationale has so far been offered on the complementarity of bilateral and multilateral diplomacy. Starting from a characterization of proliferation as the result of a large number of prisoner's dilemmas played out between states engaged in local dyadic rivalries, I demonstrate that it is possible for the superpowers to design an optimal mix of threats and bribes in which states with low compliance costs join the regime on the terms of the multilateral treaty alone; states with intermediate compliance costs need additional customized incentives, delivered through bilateral agreements; and states with high compliance costs are not only left out of the regime but also punished for nonparticipation. I draw a few comparative statics that I systematically test on Nuclear Proliferation Treaty (NPT) membership data. I discuss the applicability of the model to the currency, trade, and aid regimes. |
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| Ending Page | 476 |
| Page Count | 38 |
| Starting Page | 439 |
| ISSN | 00208183 |
| e-ISSN | 15315088 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020818308080156 |
| Journal | International Organization |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Volume Number | 62 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 2008-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | International Organization Political Science Nuclear Proliferation |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Sociology and Political Science Political Science and International Relations Law Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management |
