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The Concept of Interdependence: Current American Thinking (1988)
Pages 37-41

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From page 37...
... . Some examples of the implications of interdependence for power relationships follow: · The existence of vastly unequal nuclear or conventional forces between the United States and the Soviet Union could put the side with inferior forces in a weak bargaining position.
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From page 38...
... The "informal imperialism," or neocolonialism, of capitalist states over countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America has been based on asymmetrical economic, political, and military interdependence, in many cases characterizable as hegemony. Although interdependence does not make power obsolete, it may change the incentives for the exercise of power and the means used: · Strategic interdependence in a nuclear age has created incentives for at least limited cooperation to avoid nuclear war.
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From page 39...
... "Complex interdependence" means that there are multiple actors involved, especially in the advanced capitalist world: governments, corporations, social and political movements, religious organizations, networks of scientists, nonprofit lobbying organizations, and many others. These actors have multiple channels of influence between bureaucracies below the level of top political leadership, and in a variety of ways between societies.
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From page 40...
... Consider the fate of detente in the 1970s—a failure of reciprocity due to ambiguity and mutual ambition. This review of reciprocity suggests the following research question: What different forms of reciprocity can be distinguished, and under what conditions do these strategies of reciprocity lead to mutually beneficial cooperation?
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From page 41...
... Policy coordination is usually based on strategies of reciprocity and is facilitated by appropriate international regimes. American and Soviet scholars and policy makers should be thinking about what sorts of international regimes could help progressively to institutionalize peaceful and mutually beneficial relationships between these two societies.
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  • financial markets
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  • potential power
  • interdependence economic
  • increasing interdependence
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  • strategic interdependence

  • political movements
  • substantial cooperation
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  • institutionalize peaceful
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  • authoritarian polities
  • military interdependence
  • british west

  • nuclear age
  • policy environments
  • latin america
  • capitalist countries
  • especially interdependence


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