Introduction

Origins of IPE

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Embedded liberalism

Two words: Embedded. Liberalism.

Let’s reflect on a key idea from the great John Ruggie.

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Endogenous state theory

Counting the number of countries in the UN.

library(unvotes)
library(tidyverse)
library(lubridate)
left_join(un_votes, un_roll_calls) %>%
  mutate(year = year(date)) %>% 
  count(country, country_code, year) %>% 
  count(year) %>% 
  ggplot(aes(x = year, y = n)) +
  geom_line() +
  scale_x_continuous(breaks = seq(1945, 2020, 15)) +
  scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(50, 200, 50)) +
  theme_light()

Figure 1: Number of countries in the UN