17: International Collaboration

Liliana Andonova, Colby College, landonov@colby.edu

Thomas Biersteker, Graduate Institute, thomas.biersteker@graduateinstitute.ch

The APSA section on International Collaboration invites submissions of paper and panel proposals on topics related to the dynamics, institutions, and role of international collaboration and governance in times of economic stress. How do international institutions, groups, and processes react to international economic crises? Do institutions provide leadership? Are they able to overcome self-interested, narrow solutions offered by nation-states? What forms of governance emerge to address linked global problems and crises? Do crises present opportunities for institutional reforms and new governance endeavors, or do they undermine existing patterns of cooperation? Are longstanding or latent conflicts between states reinvigorated by crisis conditions? Are national identities reinforced or re-imagined? Do crises lead to a shift in the balance of power and level of collaboration between states and non-state actors?