Comparative Analysis of Regional and Transregional Organizations in Terms of Decision-Making Mechanisms: The Case of APEC and ASEM

Year 2022, Volume: 25 Issue: 1, 104 - 113, 30.04.2022

Hasan Hakses

https://doi.org/10.29249/selcuksbmyd.1017069

Abstract

The decision-making process is a theoretical inference used to name the process of choosing the options that can provide optimum benefit in the situations that international actors face and the policies they want to put into practice, within the framework of decision unit theory. The structural differences of the actors also bring about different applications in the decision-making mechanisms. The international actors formed by the coming together of the states also lead the development and implementation of a number of policies on a regional and global scale. International organizations have intra-regional and trans-regional effects within the scope of regionalization activities. This study will be compared within the framework of Asian-based APEC and ASEM decision-making structures, which carry out interstate cooperation operations in Asia and Europe, with the goal of revealing various applications at the regional scale. The extent to which these two international organizations make decisions, the types of decisions that are made, and the existence of follow-up and sanction procedures during the implementation phase of decisions made at the member, regional, and global levels were all assessed.

Keywords

Regionalism, Decision-Making Process, APEC, ASEM

Karar Alma Mekanizmaları Açısından Bölgesel ve Bölgeler Ötesi Örgütlerin Karşılaştırmalı Analizi: APEC ve ASEM Örneği

Abstract

Karar alma süreci, karar birimi kuramı çerçevesiyle uluslararası aktörlerin karşılaştıkları durumlar ile uygulamaya koymak istedikleri politikalarda optimum faydayı sağlayabilecekleri seçenekleri tercih etme sürecini adlandırmakta kullanılan teorik bir çıkarsamadır. Aktörlerin yapısal farklılıkları karar alma mekanizmalarında da farklı uygulamaları beraberinde getirmektedir. Devletlerin bir araya gelerek oluşturdukları uluslararası aktörler de bölgesel ve küresel ölçekte bir takım politikaların geliştirilmesi ve uygulamasında öncülük etmektedirler. Uluslararası örgütlerin bölgeselleşme faaliyetleri kapsamında bölge içi ve bölgeler ötesi etkileri bulunmaktadır. Bölgeler ölçeğinde farklı uygulamaları ortaya koymaya amaçlayan bu çalışmada Asya ve Avrupa’da devletlerarası işbirliği faaliyetlerinde bulunan Asya merkezli APEC ve ASEM karar alma mekanizmaları çerçevesinde karşılaştırmalı olarak analiz edilecektir. Bu iki uluslararası organizasyonda hangi kapsamda kararlar alınmakta, ne tür kararlar uygulanmakta, üye, bölge ve küresel düzeyde alınan kararların uygulama aşamasında takip ve yaptırım mekanizmalarının varlığı değerlendirilmiştir.

Keywords

Bölgeselleşme, Karar Alma Süreci, APEC, ASEM

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