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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 375-401Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1354066102008003003
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cooperation; institutional design; measurement; obligation; trust
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This article provides a conceptualization of trust in interstate relations in terms amenable to research. In the field of International Relations trust is often equated with the willingness to take risks on the behavior of others. However, this approach is problematic because it does not provide a basis for distinguishing between trusting and non-trusting relationships. In contrast, I propose that trust implies a willingness to take risks on the behavior of others based on the belief that potential trustees will 'do what is right'. Recognizing that trust involves particular beliefs about the motivations of others distinguishes it from the broader category of risk and enables trusting relationships to be identified more precisely. After elaborating my definitional approach, I discuss indicators designed to gauge the presence of trusting interstate relations in empirical settings.
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