The roles of regional organisations in international peace and security in the post-modern era. The case of the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe with the Former Soviet Union Republic States.

摘要

The thesis analyses the systems, dynamics and conditions of internationaludcooperation/non-cooperation in the international community that is embodiedudthrough international/regional institutions and organisations. As RobertudCooper describes, the international community consists of the three worlds inudwhich the differences between them may be confrontational in internationaludcooperation. While the post-modern civilisation and values are introduced intoudthe institutions and organisations for international peace and security, theudstate actors from the pre-modern and modern civilisations and values areudvigorously defending the traditional version of state sovereignty. Then, alludthese are equally the member of the international community and, as RobertudAxelrod¿s Prisoner Dilemma game sets, neither state actors nor structuraludactors of international relations can escape from it. Therefore, it is hoped that,udas Axelrod¿s theory suggests, the closed community, in the end, producesudcooperation and a positive peace for a better future for all.udIn the case studies, the OSCE faces a number of non-cooperative stateudactors, like Russia. An anti-OSCE civilisation exists and is resisting theudorganisational values, while it is staying in the framework. Thus, theudorganisation is suffering from defectors and free-riders. Knowing the limitationudof the organisation, it still has a space for improvement and a useful functionudwhich is to provide a long term process to make a non-cooperate actorudcooperative.