International Organizations 2 Preconditions for creation of international organizations

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International Organizations 2Preconditions for
creation of international organizations

• Martin Gress
• Faculty of International Relations
• University of Economics, Bratislava, Slovakia

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Content

• 3 main categories
• Material
• Economic
• Political
• Preconditions in historical stages of evolution
• Prenatal stage
• Early stage
• First modern IOs
• IOs after the WW I
• IOs after the WW II
• Contemporary stage

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3 Main Categories - Material

• Technical progress
• New innovations and discoveries

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3 Main Categories - Economic

• World market
• World economy
• Globalization
• Economic interdependency

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3 Main Categories - Political

• Mutual agreement on cooperation in particular
  issue
• Profitability of this cooperation for all members
• Ability to agree on objectives and principles of
  international organization

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Historical Stages Prenatal stage (? - 1648)

• Geographical closeness
• Cultural closeness
• Economic interests

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Historical Stages Early stage (1648 1814)

• Existence of sovereign states
• Substantial measure of contact
• Awareness of problems
• Recognition of the need for creation of
  institutional devices and systematic methods for
  regulating relations with each other

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Historical Stages First Modern IOs (1815 WW I)

• Proposition of a design
• Sponsoring a conference
• Support of an union by a powerful individual or
  government
• Widening of member states

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Historical Stages IOs After the WW I (1919 WW
II)

• Peace and security preserving
• Experience from congress system and Concert of
  Great Powers
• Experience from public international unions
  functioning
• Hague conferences
• Allies cooperation during the World War I
• Civil society

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Historical Stages IOs After the WW II (1945
1989)

• Communication
• Transportation
• Finance
• Travel

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Historical Stages Contemporary stage (1990 - )

• Economic interdependency growth
• Globalization
• Regionalization
• New war conflicts growth
• New security threats
• Civil society development
• Non-governmental organizations growth of
  significance