1. Globalization, domestic politics, and regionalism
Delanie Hahn

2. Introduction
Analyzing connections between globalization, domestic politics, and regional orders and how this affects regionalism
Globalization affects regional orders directly, and indirectly through domestic politics
On a conflict/cooperation spectrum

3. Overview Vector 1 Vector 2 Vector 3
Direct effect of globalization on regional orders
Vector 2
Domestic distributional consequence of internationalization
Internationalizing vs. Inward-looking states
Vector 3
Domestic politics/institutions convert these into local, regional, and then global reach
Moving from the domestic to the regional realm

4. Overview Vector 4 Vector 5
Regions with internationalizing coalitions reinforce domestic logic
Regions with inward-looking regions reinforce domestic logic
Vector 5
Coalitional center affects the way regions interact
Also how their models diffuse across regions

5. Micro-foundation of Regional Politics
Political coalitions are the micro foundation of regionalism
These coalitions are either internationalizing or inward-looking
Both coalitions are vying for power of the state
Can affect the local, regional, and global sphere
Influences how the state interacts with each other

6. Coalitions Attract export intensive sectors and firms
Internationalizing
Inward-looking
Attract export intensive sectors and firms
Emphasis regional cooperation and stability
Macroeconomic focus
Commitment to international regimes
“Zones of peace”
Attract import competing firms closely tied to the state
Emphasis on interests of state industry and asserting complete sovereignty and control across issues
“Zones of war”

7. Coalitions Middle East
Internationalizing
Inward-looking
East Asia
ASEAN has challenged inward-looking states to integrate
Vietnam and Burma
Several decades of avoiding war, even when serious problems
Have used strategies from export-oriented regional conflict to local circumstances
Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, etc.
Middle East
Threaten viability of would-be internationalizing states through their “zones of war”
Jordan and Lebanon
Explanation for Middle Eastern wars since the 1990s
Too many mechanisms of coercion

8. Regionalism Internationalizing coalitions are more cooperative
Institutions attuned to “open regionalism”
Reflect compromise
However, inward-looking coalitions can also arise
The League of Arab States is the oldest regional institution
Common history, language, nationality, culture
Very low economic interdependence, but created as substitute to Arab unification

9. Conclusion
Point of this chapter was to view direct and indirect effects of globalization along a conflict/cooperation spectrum
Two coalition ideas:
Internationalizing
Embrace global political economy
Inward-looking
Resist global political economy
The underlying coalition explains features of regional institutions
ASEAN vs. The League of Arab States
How each state interacts with the countries around it
Internationalizing states are more cooperative

10. Conclusion
Neo-realist approaches do not usually incorporate globalization in understanding regional orders
But then cannot explain prolonged peace, strategic shifts of deeper cooperation, shifts away from war in the Korean peninsula after the 1950s, etc.
Cannot explain the effects of the Arab League
Cannot explain East Asia coalition building where middle states and smaller states were able to tame hegemons
Need to integrate all three-domestic, regional and global-levels of analysis