Contest over Emotions and the Emotional Order in International Institutions
With the"emotional turn"of international relations studies,the politics of emotions has entered the research agenda.But it has not been explored by researchers of international institutions.This research aims to observe how dissatisfied states and status quo states compete over emotions.It also explains how this competition impacts the emo-tional order within international institutions.Countries with opposite political ends will com-pete with each other through emotional expressions or challenges to their opponents'emo-tional expressions.Emotional order is maintained when the emotional expressions of member states can help legitimize the existing institutional arrangements.This research takes note of some emotions that are useful for maintaining the institution,which include pride and hope for the institution as well as fear or anxiety about the problems that the institution intends to deal with.Dissatisfied states may express their anger and disappointment towards an unfair arrangement.They may also leverage fear and anxiety and reshape their meanings to chal-lenge the effectiveness of an institution.Facing these challenges,status quo states do not always act as defenders of those emotions that help legitimize the status quo.Their primary goal is to mitigate the threats that dissatisfied states pose to their material interests,which may sometimes lead them to resort to emotions that challenge the status quo.Case studies involve the International Criminal Court and the global nuclear non-proliferation regime and show that the contest over emotions can have a diverse impact on the emotional order in dif-ferent institutions,and even in different periods for the same institution.This research can demonstrate the value of considering emotions when doing research on international institu-tions.It also sheds light on the impact that contests over emotions can have on the reform of international institutions.
the politics of emotioninternational institutionthe International Criminal Courtnuclear non-proliferation regimeorder
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