A seemingly never-ending stream of observers claims that the populist emphasis on nationalism, identity, and popular sovereignty undermines international collaboration and contributes to the crisis of the Liberal International Order (LIO). Why, then, do populist governments continue to engage in regional and international institutions? This Element unpacks the counter-intuitive inclination towards institutional cooperation in populist foreign policy and discusses its implications for the LIO. Straddling Western and non-Western contexts, it compares the regional cooperation strategies of populist leaders from three continents: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The study identifies an emerging populist 'script' of regional cooperation based on notions of popular sovereignty. By embedding regional cooperation in their political strategies, populist leaders are able to contest the LIO and established international organisations without having to revert to unilateral nationalism.

This Element discusses institutional cooperation in populist foreign policy and its implications for the Liberal International Order.
Reviews
'This short book is ... essential to understanding how populist leaders pursue regional multilateralism, the fundamental elements of their cosmologies and the normative implications there of.' Filippo Costa Buranelli, International Affairs



Book Information
ISBN 9781009015974
Author Fredrik Soederbaum
Format Paperback
Page Count 75
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 146g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 151mm * 6mm