Robert Kissack
Biographic Data
| ID | 3487956 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Kissack |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Kissack |
| SIGNATURE | KISSACK R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4332-0675 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 44 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The ‘Geopolitical Commission’
In 2019, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised MEPs she would deliver a ‘Geopolitical Commission’ during the five years of her term in office, unbeknown that the COVID‐19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine were around the corner. High Representative Borrell heralded Europe's ‘geopolitical awakening’ through enhanced military co‐operation, increased defence spending and drawing on the European Union (EU) budget to a…
Parliamentary acceptability of EU military deployments in member states
Does the EU Benefit From Increased Complexity? Capital Punishment in the Human Rights Regime
This article questions how the EU has acted to increase the complexity of the human rights regime through the process of incorporating a new issue area into its scope and to what extent has it benefitted from that process. By examining the breadth of the regime complex, between 1991–2021, this research shows how UN bodies, regional organisations, and civil society associations increasingly consider the death penalty a human rights issue instead o…
Man Overboard!’ Was EU influence on the Maritime Labour Convention lost at sea
The European Union (EU) is widely regarded as a powerful actor in the establishment and maintenance of many global regulatory regimes. It actively engages in the promotion of labour standards beyond its borders, including through supporting the International Labour Organization (ILO). This contribution assesses EU influence in drafting one of the most important ILO standards in recent years: the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) (2006). Through an…
The Performance of the European Union in the International Labour Organization
This article examines European Union (EU) performance by assessing its effectiveness in the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the relevance of the EU to its major stakeholders between 1992 and 2010. Making a distinction between technical and political domains, it maps the ILO policy-making structures in which the EU must operate. In the technical domain, it argues that although the EU has been effective in uploading its policy preferenc…
The European Union, Multilateralism and the Heterogeneous Multilateral System
The attacks of 9/11 that sent the US spiralling into a neo- conservative vortex of pre- emptive warfare, regime change and unilateral military action had a well- documented spillover into the European Union (EU) (Peterson & Pollack 2003; Calleo 2004). The (in)famous reference by US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to ‘new Europe’ and ‘old Europe’ became the shorthand notation for the divisions in Europe over the 2003 invasion of Iraq,1 led by th…
Privilege in Multilateral Institutions
This quotation from Paul Kennedy’s The Parliament of the Man refers to the constitutional arrangements of the UNSC, where the victorious powers of World War II sought to institutionalise their privileged position as primus inter pares among sovereign states. Permanent membership of the UNSC and the ability to veto resolutions potentially damaging to national interests is the exclusive privilege of China, France, Russia, the UK and the US. More th…
Conclusion
Is effectiveness, like beauty, in the eye of the beholder? In a multilateral organisation, Inis Claude suggests that it is, and the viewpoint of the beholder is determined by how well national interests converge with the views of other member states. In the case of majoritarian and consensus decision–making processes, the interests of the majority are important, while in privilege–based organisations, it is the interests of the powerful, minilate…
Consensus in Multilateral Institutions
The second of Inis Claude’s three ideal types of decision making in international organisations is the egalitarianism of international law in which ‘every state has equal voice in international proceedings, and that no state can be bound without its consent’ (Claude 1984: 119). The logical implications of giving equal weight to ‘sovereign equality and sovereign immunity from externally imposed legislation’ imply demanding unanimity in all decisio…
Majoritarianism in Multilateral Institutions
As Miles Kahler has stated, the fact that states ‘bitterly contest voting rules’ implies that states care greatly about them and how they operate in practice. This is the first of three chapters that explore in detail the idealtype decision–making processes of consensus intergovernmentalism, majoritarianism and privilege- granting. Inis Claude identifies these as the three primary competing principles for the making of decisions in IR. These keyw…
Negotiation, Rhetoric and Legitimacy in Multilateral Institutions
Over the previous three chapters, the representation, influence and power of the EU in different international organisations of the multilateral system has been explored. Using Claude’s three ideal types of decision making (majoritarianism, consensus and privilege) as a prism to see multilateral organisations at work, we have generated new important evidence on the behaviour of the EU and its member states across the multilateral system, to show …
Pursuing Effective Multilateralism
Jesp Symposium
This symposium considers Europe's global social policy through an exchange of ideas between scholars with different areas of expertise. The lead article provides an overview of the EU's objectives and instruments in promoting the social dimension of globalization, illustrating its focus on international labour standards and the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the shift from trade measures to a broader spectrum of soft external policy…
EU Actorness in the International Labour Organization
This article presents data on the voting records of the European Union (EU) Member States and the frequency of EU common statements in both technical (standard-setting) and political (scrutiny) issues in the International Labour Organization (ILO) between 1973 and 2007. By contrasting voting cohesion to declaratory cohesion, it advances the literature by demonstrating that contrary to theoretically informed predictions, political coordination is …
Pursuing Effective Multilateralism
The Performance of the European Union in the International Labour Organization
This article examines European Union (EU) performance by assessing its effectiveness in the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the relevance of the EU to its major stakeholders between 1992 and 2010. Making a distinction between technical and political domains, it maps the ILO policy-making structures in which the EU must operate. In the technical domain, it argues that although the EU has been effective in uploading its policy preferenc…
Man Overboard!’ Was EU influence on the Maritime Labour Convention lost at sea
The European Union (EU) is widely regarded as a powerful actor in the establishment and maintenance of many global regulatory regimes. It actively engages in the promotion of labour standards beyond its borders, including through supporting the International Labour Organization (ILO). This contribution assesses EU influence in drafting one of the most important ILO standards in recent years: the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) (2006). Through an…
EU Actorness in the International Labour Organization
This article presents data on the voting records of the European Union (EU) Member States and the frequency of EU common statements in both technical (standard-setting) and political (scrutiny) issues in the International Labour Organization (ILO) between 1973 and 2007. By contrasting voting cohesion to declaratory cohesion, it advances the literature by demonstrating that contrary to theoretically informed predictions, political coordination is …
Does the EU Benefit From Increased Complexity? Capital Punishment in the Human Rights Regime
This article questions how the EU has acted to increase the complexity of the human rights regime through the process of incorporating a new issue area into its scope and to what extent has it benefitted from that process. By examining the breadth of the regime complex, between 1991–2021, this research shows how UN bodies, regional organisations, and civil society associations increasingly consider the death penalty a human rights issue instead o…
Jesp Symposium
This symposium considers Europe's global social policy through an exchange of ideas between scholars with different areas of expertise. The lead article provides an overview of the EU's objectives and instruments in promoting the social dimension of globalization, illustrating its focus on international labour standards and the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the shift from trade measures to a broader spectrum of soft external policy…
EU Actorness in the International Labour Organization
This article presents data on the voting records of the European Union (EU) Member States and the frequency of EU common statements in both technical (standard-setting) and political (scrutiny) issues in the International Labour Organization (ILO) between 1973 and 2007. By contrasting voting cohesion to declaratory cohesion, it advances the literature by demonstrating that contrary to theoretically informed predictions, political coordination is …
Jesp Symposium
This symposium considers Europe's global social policy through an exchange of ideas between scholars with different areas of expertise. The lead article provides an overview of the EU's objectives and instruments in promoting the social dimension of globalization, illustrating its focus on international labour standards and the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the shift from trade measures to a broader spectrum of soft external policy…
The European Union, Multilateralism and the Heterogeneous Multilateral System
The attacks of 9/11 that sent the US spiralling into a neo- conservative vortex of pre- emptive warfare, regime change and unilateral military action had a well- documented spillover into the European Union (EU) (Peterson & Pollack 2003; Calleo 2004). The (in)famous reference by US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to ‘new Europe’ and ‘old Europe’ became the shorthand notation for the divisions in Europe over the 2003 invasion of Iraq,1 led by th…
Privilege in Multilateral Institutions
This quotation from Paul Kennedy’s The Parliament of the Man refers to the constitutional arrangements of the UNSC, where the victorious powers of World War II sought to institutionalise their privileged position as primus inter pares among sovereign states. Permanent membership of the UNSC and the ability to veto resolutions potentially damaging to national interests is the exclusive privilege of China, France, Russia, the UK and the US. More th…
Conclusion
Is effectiveness, like beauty, in the eye of the beholder? In a multilateral organisation, Inis Claude suggests that it is, and the viewpoint of the beholder is determined by how well national interests converge with the views of other member states. In the case of majoritarian and consensus decision–making processes, the interests of the majority are important, while in privilege–based organisations, it is the interests of the powerful, minilate…
Consensus in Multilateral Institutions
The second of Inis Claude’s three ideal types of decision making in international organisations is the egalitarianism of international law in which ‘every state has equal voice in international proceedings, and that no state can be bound without its consent’ (Claude 1984: 119). The logical implications of giving equal weight to ‘sovereign equality and sovereign immunity from externally imposed legislation’ imply demanding unanimity in all decisio…
Majoritarianism in Multilateral Institutions
As Miles Kahler has stated, the fact that states ‘bitterly contest voting rules’ implies that states care greatly about them and how they operate in practice. This is the first of three chapters that explore in detail the idealtype decision–making processes of consensus intergovernmentalism, majoritarianism and privilege- granting. Inis Claude identifies these as the three primary competing principles for the making of decisions in IR. These keyw…
Negotiation, Rhetoric and Legitimacy in Multilateral Institutions
Over the previous three chapters, the representation, influence and power of the EU in different international organisations of the multilateral system has been explored. Using Claude’s three ideal types of decision making (majoritarianism, consensus and privilege) as a prism to see multilateral organisations at work, we have generated new important evidence on the behaviour of the EU and its member states across the multilateral system, to show …
Pursuing Effective Multilateralism
The Performance of the European Union in the International Labour Organization
This article examines European Union (EU) performance by assessing its effectiveness in the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the relevance of the EU to its major stakeholders between 1992 and 2010. Making a distinction between technical and political domains, it maps the ILO policy-making structures in which the EU must operate. In the technical domain, it argues that although the EU has been effective in uploading its policy preferenc…
Man Overboard!’ Was EU influence on the Maritime Labour Convention lost at sea
The European Union (EU) is widely regarded as a powerful actor in the establishment and maintenance of many global regulatory regimes. It actively engages in the promotion of labour standards beyond its borders, including through supporting the International Labour Organization (ILO). This contribution assesses EU influence in drafting one of the most important ILO standards in recent years: the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) (2006). Through an…
Does the EU Benefit From Increased Complexity? Capital Punishment in the Human Rights Regime
This article questions how the EU has acted to increase the complexity of the human rights regime through the process of incorporating a new issue area into its scope and to what extent has it benefitted from that process. By examining the breadth of the regime complex, between 1991–2021, this research shows how UN bodies, regional organisations, and civil society associations increasingly consider the death penalty a human rights issue instead o…
Parliamentary acceptability of EU military deployments in member states
The ‘Geopolitical Commission’
In 2019, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised MEPs she would deliver a ‘Geopolitical Commission’ during the five years of her term in office, unbeknown that the COVID‐19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine were around the corner. High Representative Borrell heralded Europe's ‘geopolitical awakening’ through enhanced military co‐operation, increased defence spending and drawing on the European Union (EU) budget to a…
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