TY - JOUR

T1 - Evolutionary Stable Global Orders

T2 - Co-Relational Power and Multilateral Security Organisations

AU - Baciu, Cornelia

AU - Kunertova, Dominika

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - Drawing on a Foucauldian philosophy of thought, this article proposes a novel concept in the study of evolutionary stable global orders:co-relational power. Co-relational power issubstantively understood asa form ofnon-zero sumpower. Non-zero sum or positive power is defined as the situation in whichthe power of one actor is not detrimental to the power of another actor, but it is insteada sum of asymptoticinteractions between actors. We argue that, in a contextof competitive multipolarity, multilateralsecurityorganisations,such as NATO and the EU, seek to adapt and to develop progressive and evolutionary grand strategiesthat canremain stable over time.This becomes a prerequisite for institutional survival.Our analysis shows that both NATO and the EU face geopolitical dilemmas while they seek to adapt to novelinternational ordersand constellationsof threats. The contribution of this article is twofold. First, itproduces new knowledgeabout the conceptual underpinningsand practical implications of theconcept of co-relational power. Second, itgeneratesnew insights on the design and foundationsof progressive strategies and evolutionary stable global environments.

AB - Drawing on a Foucauldian philosophy of thought, this article proposes a novel concept in the study of evolutionary stable global orders:co-relational power. Co-relational power issubstantively understood asa form ofnon-zero sumpower. Non-zero sum or positive power is defined as the situation in whichthe power of one actor is not detrimental to the power of another actor, but it is insteada sum of asymptoticinteractions between actors. We argue that, in a contextof competitive multipolarity, multilateralsecurityorganisations,such as NATO and the EU, seek to adapt and to develop progressive and evolutionary grand strategiesthat canremain stable over time.This becomes a prerequisite for institutional survival.Our analysis shows that both NATO and the EU face geopolitical dilemmas while they seek to adapt to novelinternational ordersand constellationsof threats. The contribution of this article is twofold. First, itproduces new knowledgeabout the conceptual underpinningsand practical implications of theconcept of co-relational power. Second, itgeneratesnew insights on the design and foundationsof progressive strategies and evolutionary stable global environments.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - Co-relational power

KW - Evolutionary Stability

KW - Foucault (Michel)

KW - NATO

KW - Eu

KW - international organizations

KW - Progressive Grand Strategy

KW - Transatlantic Relations

U2 - 10.30950/jcer.v18i1.1210

DO - 10.30950/jcer.v18i1.1210

M3 - Journal article

VL - 18

SP - 149

EP - 165

JO - Journal of Contemporary European Research

JF - Journal of Contemporary European Research

SN - 1815-347X

IS - 1

ER -