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- Title
POWERFUL ACTORS MAKE A DIFFERENCE: THEORIZING POWER ATTRIBUTES OF NONSTATE ACTORS.
- Authors
Mishali-Ram, Meirav
- Abstract
Considering the increasing role of nonstate political actors in world events, this article examines the influence of these players on international crisis dynamics. A theoretical index is developed to assess the power status of nonstate actors (NSAs), taking into account their unique characteristics, advantages and weaknesses. When applied to ethnic-NSAs that participated in interstate crises, in the Cold War and in the post-Cold War periods, the findings indicate that powerful ethnic-NSAs affect crisis outcomes, and would do better to do so under circumstances that suit their power resources and skills, namely, in the post-Cold War multi-centric world system, in crises that involve a small number of states as direct crisis actors and in prolonged international hostile situations. In conclusion, the article highlights the importance of developing theoretical tools for systemic analysis of NSAs in world politics, and suggests directions for future research in this field of IR. It also implies that to be effective, promoting peace and stability, crisis management should involve states and NSAs.
- Subjects
NON-state actors (International relations); CRISIS management; COLD War, 1945-1991; POST-Cold War Period; INTERNATIONAL relations research; INTERNATIONAL relations
- Publication
International Journal of Peace Studies, 2009, Vol 14, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
1085-7494
- Publication type
Article