Rethinking International Cooperation: The Case of Regulatory Networks in Competition Policy

Abstract

In the last few decades, globalization has led to the emergence of complex international problems and new methods of cooperation to deal with them such as Transnational Re-gulatory Networks (TRNs). In this article I argue that dominant rationalist theories of International Relations such as neorealism and neoliberal institutionalism have diffi culty accounting for the emergence of TRNS and their eff ects on state behavior. 6 us, there is an increasing need to rethink our concepts and theories of international cooperation with the spread of TRNs. 6 e article explores this argument by focusing on cooperation on competition policy in the International Competition Network.

Keywords

Transnational Regulatory Networks, Cooperation, Competition Policy, International Institutions, International Relations Theories.

Citation

Aydin, Umut, "Rethinking International Cooperation: The Case of Regulatory Networks in Competition Policy", International Relations, Volume 8, Issue 30 (Summer 2011), pp. 103-123.

Affiliations

• Umut AYDIN, Assistant Professor, Boğaziçi University, Department of Political Science and International Relations