Cooperation in the Concept of International Relations

KEY POINTS:

➡cooperation: an interaction in which actors choose an outcome that leaves at least one party better off and the other actors not worse off

　➡coordination: a type of cooperative interaction in which actors benefit from all making the same choices and subsequently have no incentive not to comply.

　　➡eg. driving on the same side of the road

　➡collaboration: a type of cooperative interaction in which actors gain from working together but also have incentives not to comply with an agreement.

　　➡eg. cheating on a trade agreement, fighting global warming

TRANSCRIPT:

In today's video we will be talking more about cooperation in the concept of international relations.

In the last video we learned that cooperation describes an interaction in which actors choose an outcome that leaves at least one party better off and the other actors not worse off.

Cooperation itself is separated into two types, coordination and collaboration.

Coordination is a type of cooperative interaction in which actors benefit from all making the same choices and subsequently have no incentive not to comply.

For example, driving on the same side of the road.

Collaboration on the contrary is a type of cooperative interaction in which actors gain from working together but also have incentives not to comply with an agreement.

For example, cheating on trade agreements.

A most well-known example would be: everyone wants to stop global warming and it can only be done by working together. However each country has the incentive to burn fossil fuels in order to keep its economy going.

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