Cooperation after exit: how informality is sustaining EU–UK cooperation on sanction negotiations.
How do voluntary withdrawals from an international organization (IO) affect future cooperation between the exiting state and the remaining members? And how do these withdrawals affect the capabilities of the IO itself? The answers to these questions are key to understanding how European security arc...
| Publicado en: | International Affairs Vol. 102; no. 4; pp. 1159 - 1180 |
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Jul2026
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