IR 210 1st Edition Lecture 14 Current Lecture“Always look for the rare moment when a small sliver of light appears in the opposing line.” Then there is a chance to break into the open field and run like hell. Timing and opportunity are crucial. That is what happened to us in the campaign for a treaty to ban the use of antipersonnel land mines: we looked for the light, saw the opening, did some broken field running and made a score. -Lloyd Axworthy - Timing is important for any transnational movementFour Sources of Power1. Information Politics2. Symbolic Politics: Princess Diana being part of the royal family, recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize3. Leverage Politics: ability to mobilize supporters, votes4. Accountability Politics: holding people to what they said-Global campaign is also a source of powerA. Celebrity Diplomacy—Why so important today?a. Cooper’s theories: psychological reasons, traditional diplomacy is too slow, use ofinformation technologyB. Landmine Campaign: New form of diplomacya. Ottawa Process: three tracksi. Create a credible group of like-minded states Norway, Canada, and the other social democratic states also victims like Vietnam and Mozambiqueii. Close association with NGOs: 2000 working in this issues area, bring themin rather than keep them out iii. Strong domestic support, fits with national interests1. Good Samaritan states: Gidsland, Grotian rule-makers, Niche diplomacy (what states like Norway and Canada want to be seen as)b. Success led the same coalition to pursue human security and
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