An empirical analysis of the EAEU’s voting behavior in the UN General Assembly, 2000–2020

This paper examines the voting behavior of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to find out their preference similarities on foreign policy issues. Based on a specific data set of UNGA resolutions from 2000 to 2020 and using two different indexes of voting cohesion, the present research addresses two empirically motivated questions: to what extent does the EAEU speak in unison externally in the context of UNGA plenary? And secondly, what was the impact the formation of the EAEU in 2015 had upon common foreign policy? The results reveal that the EAEU scores a “medium” level of cohesion as measured within the UNGA context which may indicate that members oftentimes speak with one voice while defections still occur on controversial votes. Besides, the findings suggest that no meaningful cohesion difference exists between pre- and post-EAEU periods. Finally, the study finds that the Eurasian nations are most cohesive on developmental resolutions, but least cohesive on security and human rights issues as expressed in their recorded voting behavior.

A Study of Japan's Foreign Policy Behavior: The Discrepancy between Japan's Foreign Policy and Its Voting Behavior in the United Nations General Assembly

10.15760/etd.6671 ◽

2000 ◽

Author(s):

Atsuko Sato

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

United Nations ◽

Voting Behavior ◽

General Assembly ◽

United Nations General ◽

The United Nations ◽

Policy Behavior ◽

Foreign Policy Behavior

A Paradigm Shift in American Foreign Policy

Worldview ◽

10.1017/s0084255900019823 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 20 (1-2) ◽

pp. 42-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Elizabeth Petersen Spiro

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Foreign Policy ◽

Paradigm Shift ◽

American Foreign Policy ◽

Major Change ◽

General Assembly ◽

United Nations General ◽

Foreign Policies ◽

International Diplomacy ◽

United Nations General Assembly

Human rights is at present a.much discussed issue in American foreign policy. What has not been discussed is the extent to which this represents a major change in American foreign policy. Consider: In 1974 the Secretary of State devoted exactly one sentence to human rights in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly. In 1975 there were four paragraphs of fairly standard rhetoric, apart from the proposal to establish a U.N. study to determine how widely torture was used as an officially sanctioned instrument of government. In addition there was an intimation of change in this sentence: "There is no longer any dispute that international human rights are on the agenda of international diplomacy." Yet there was then no evidence that Secretary Kissinger had changed the approach characterizing his tenure in office; nameiy, that American foreign policy cannot concern itself with the domestic policies of the governments with which it deals, even if they entail gross violations of human rights. We can, he insisted, only use private methods of persuasion and pressure. Foreign policy deals with the foreign policies of governments.

Forty Years of United Nations General Assembly Voting

Canadian Journal of Political Science ◽

10.1017/s0008423900012257 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 279-296 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Steven Holloway

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Foreign Policy ◽

United Nations ◽

Multidimensional Scaling ◽

World Politics ◽

General Assembly ◽

United Nations General ◽

Frequent Use ◽

Un Voting

AbstractStudies of bloc voting in the United Nations have appeared periodically since the early 1960s. This article examines the evolution of UN voting in its first four decades using multidimensional scaling, which is compared to factor analysis and found to be superior for representation and interpretation. UN voting is important for showing how world politics is reflected in that body, hence the frequent use of UN votes as a dependent variable in the analysis of foreign policy behaviour.

Recognition Matters!

Journal of Conflict Resolution ◽

10.1177/0022002715595865 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 61 (3) ◽

pp. 537-563 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Nadav G. Shelef ◽

Yael Zeira

Keyword(s):

Self Determination ◽

General Assembly ◽

Survey Experiment ◽

Panel Survey ◽

United Nations General ◽

International Recognition ◽

Bargaining Position ◽

Mass Attitudes ◽

Does international recognition of statehood affect support for territorial compromise among groups engaged in struggles for self-determination? We show that, contrary to skepticism about the impact of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), international recognition of statehood by the UNGA shapes mass attitudes toward territorial compromise. The impact of international recognition, however, is two-pronged. International recognition simultaneously increases support for partition as a strategy of conflict resolution and decreases support for compromise on the territorial terms of partition. We also suggest a logic to explain these impacts of international recognition based on the intuition that international recognition should improve the bargaining position of the newly recognized group. We demonstrate that international recognition has an impact on mass attitudes of groups in conflict using a combination of a panel survey and survey experiment assessing the impact of the 2012 UNGA recognition of Palestine. This study is the first to show that international recognition can shape mass attitudes toward conflict.

Internal and External Liberalization, Inequality, Growth, and Poverty

The Macroeconomics of Developing Countries ◽

10.1093/oso/9780198856672.003.0017 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 328-363

Author(s):

Giovanni Andrea Cornia

Keyword(s):

Income Inequality ◽

General Framework ◽

Structural Adjustment ◽

Developed Countries ◽

General Assembly ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

United Nations General ◽

Development Goals ◽

This chapter presents a general framework to analyse the impact on inequality, growth, and poverty of the internal and external structural adjustment reforms introduced in a large number of the developing, transitional, and developed countries over the last three decades. It then discusses the main theories of the relation between inequality and growth and shows that the achievement of given poverty targets is influenced favourably by a decline of income inequality. This debate has acquired considerable relevance with the adoption in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly of the Sustainable Development Goals strategy that focuses—inter alia—on eradicating poverty by 2030 and reducing income inequality to tolerable levels.

Divergence amid Consensus in Southeast Asian Foreign Policy: Roll Call Voting Analysis across International Issues in the United Nations General Assembly (1991–2018)

Asian Affairs An American Review ◽

10.1080/00927678.2019.1685268 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 46 (2-3) ◽

pp. 47-62

Author(s):

Jinhyeok Jang ◽

Yueh-ching Chen

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

United Nations ◽

Southeast Asian ◽

General Assembly ◽

Roll Call ◽

Roll Call Voting ◽

United Nations General ◽

International Issues ◽

The United Nations

Source Criticism and the History of Brazilian Foreign Policy

Contexto Internacional ◽

10.1590/s0102-8529.2019410100010 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 41 (1) ◽

pp. 187-208

Author(s):

Eduardo Uziel ◽

Norma Breda dos Santos

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

Oral History ◽

Primary Sources ◽

General Assembly ◽

Ancient History ◽

Production Studies ◽

United Nations General ◽

History Of ◽

Historical Methodology

Abstract The article deals with the historical methodology in the field of Brazilian foreign policy, based on reflections on the treatment of primary sources and the lessons of two important historians of antiquity: Moses I. Finley and Arnaldo Momigliano. Without disregarding the inherent temporal differences, it is understood that it is possible to bring contemporary and ancient history closer, as well as to establish a respectful dialogue between them. The article presents a preliminary discussion on the sources for the history of Brazilian foreign policy, followed by a series of analyses and comments on several aspects of the treatment of primary sources: a) the fragmentary nature of sources and the consequences of this; b) the predominance of discursive sources; c) the use of oral history as a supplementary source; and d) the difficulty in establishing a context for document production. Studies related to Brazilian foreign policy towards the Middle East will be used, especially the case of Brazil’s controversial favourable vote on Resolution 3379 (XXX) of the United Nations General Assembly, in 1975, which equated Zionism with racism.

Forty Years of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 (XXX) on Zionism and Racism: the Brazilian Vote as an instance of United States - Brazil Relations

Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional ◽

10.1590/0034-7329201500205 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 58 (2) ◽

pp. 80-97 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

NORMA BREDA DOS SANTOS ◽

EDUARDO UZIEL

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Decision Making ◽

Foreign Policy ◽

United Nations ◽

General Assembly ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

United Nations General ◽

General Assembly Resolution ◽

The United Nations

Abstract In 1975, Brazil voted in favor of the United Nations General Assembly resolution 3379 (XXX), equating Zionism with a form of racism. Focusing on the decision-making process of president Ernesto Geisel's (1974-1979) foreign policy, "responsible pragmatism", this article discusses how the ultimate decision to vote in favor of resolution was taken taking into account mainly US-Brazil relationship.

Health Diplomacy as an Instrument of Indonesian Foreign Policy

Journal Of Global Strategic Studies ◽

10.36859/jgss.v1i2.849 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 78-91

Author(s):

Marianne Delanova

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

Medical Devices ◽

Policy Issue ◽

Active Role ◽

General Assembly ◽

National Interests ◽

Health Diplomacy ◽

United Nations General ◽

Foreign Policy Issue ◽

United Nations General Assembly

Indonesia’s foreign policy is dynamic, especially in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era. When Indonesia experienced an increase in COVID-19 cases, it identified it as a foreign policy issue requiring attention. It focused on promoting national health resilience in health care as one way to protect the Indonesian state during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this paper is to explain and analyze Indonesia’s health diplomacy as an instrument of Indonesia’s foreign policy in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that, so far, the results of Indonesia’s health-focused approach are good and in line with Indonesia’s national interests. Indonesia’s active role and involvement in international forums has a diplomatic purpose but has also helped other countries. This indicates that the health diplomacy carried out by Indonesia has had a major impact on regional and global stability. In addition, Indonesia’s health diplomacy has resulted in it receiving assistance in the form of medical devices and vaccines provided by other countries for handling COVID-19 in Indonesia. Indonesia was also the driving force in the initiation in the 75th United Nations General Assembly of measures giving voice to the availability of medical devices and vaccine equality for all countries in the world.

Kudüs Tasarısı Oylaması ve Türkiye'nin Ortadoğu'daki İmajı / Voting of Jerusalem Proposal and Turkey's Image in the Middle East

Journal of History Culture and Art Research ◽

10.7596/taksad.v7i3.1565 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 683

Author(s):

Latif Pınar

Keyword(s):

Middle East ◽

United Nations ◽

The United States ◽

General Assembly ◽

Donald Trump ◽

United Nations General ◽

The Usa ◽

The United Nations ◽

AbstractOn December 6th, 2017, The United States President Donald Trump declared that the USA had unilaterally accepted Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and that he had instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to move the US Embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Right after this declaration under the leadership of Turkey a draft resolution containing criticism of the president Trump and matters related to determining the status of Jerusalem was prepared and submitted to the United Nations General Assembly for voting. This resolution proposal, titled as "Israel's Activities in East Jerusalem and Palestinian Territory under Occupation", was voted at a special session of the United Nations General Assembly on December 21st, 2017 and was adopted on the basis of 128 admission, 9 rejection and 35 noncommittal votes. The aim of this study is to examine the impact of the voting carried out in the United Nations General Assembly on the image of Turkey in the Middle East.Öz6 Aralık 2017'de Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Başkanı Donald Trump, Kudüs'ü tek taraflı bir şekilde İsrail'in başkenti olarak kabul ettiğine ve Tel Aviv'de bulunan Amerikan Büyükelçiliği'nin Kudüs'e taşınması için Dış İşleri Bakanlığı'na talimat verdiğine yönelik bir açıklama yapmıştır. Bu açıklamanın hemen ardından Türkiye'nin öncülüğünde, Başkan Trump'ın kararının eleştirilmesi ve Kudüs'ün statüsünün belirlenmesine ilişkin bir takım hususları içeren bir karar tasarısı hazırlanmış ve oylanmak üzere Birleşmiş Milletler Genel Kurulu'na sunulmuştur. İsrail'in İşgal Altındaki Doğu Kudüs ve Filistin Topraklarındaki Faaliyetleri başlıklı bu karar tasarısı, 21 Aralık 2017'de Birleşmiş Milletler Genel Kurulu'nda gerçekleştirilen bir özel oturumda oylamaya sunulmuş ve 128 kabul, 9 ret ve 35 çekimser oy neticesinde kabul edilmiştir. Bu çalışma, Birleşmiş Milletler Genel Kurulu'nda gerçekleştirilen söz konusu oylamanın Türkiye'nin Ortadoğu'daki imajına olan etkisini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır.