Multilateralism, Major Powers, and Militarized Disputes
Multilateralism, Major Powers, and Militarized Disputes
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多边主义、大国和军事化争端
DOI：
10.1177/106591290405700101
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发表时间：
2004
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通讯作者：
W. J. Dixon
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作者：
Renato Corbetta;W. J. Dixon
近年来，多边主义和单边主义之间的公开辩论一直在推动美国的外交政策。一些传统的现实主义思维表明，像美国这样的大国自然会倾向于不那么喜欢多边行动，正是因为它们拥有参与更广泛的单边选择的能力，而且它们面临的结构性限制比其他国家少。我们通过国家间冲突的视角，对大国地位和多边主义之间的这种有趣的潜在联系进行了实证研究。利用Keohane(1990)将多边主义定义为三个或更多国家之间的协调，我们分析了各国在军事争端中多边参与的倾向。与预期相反，我们发现主要大国比其他国家更倾向于多边参与。这些结果表明，面对一些潜在的混杂因素并随着时间的推移，这些结果是非常稳健的。
American foreign policy has been animated by public debate between multilateralism and unilateralism in recent years. Some strains of traditional realist thinking suggest that major powers like the U.S. will naturally tend to be less enamored of multilateral action precisely because they possess the capabilities to engage a wider range of unilateral options and they face fewer structural limitations than other states. We empirically investigate this intriguing potential connection between major power status and multilateralism through the lens of interstate conflict. Using Keohane’s (1990) definition of multilateralism as coordination among three or more states, we analyze states’ propensity to participate multilaterally in militarized disputes. Contrary to expectations, we find that major powers are substantially more prone toward multilateral participation than other states. These results p rove to be highly robust in the face of a number of potentially confounding factors and over time.