Country or leader? Political change and UN general assembly voting

Arbeitspapier

In this project we explore the relationship between leader change and relations between states. Voting in the United Naion's General Assembly (UNGA) is often used as a measure of political proximity between countries. We use UN voting coincidence to examine how changes in leadership affect relations. Specifically, we examine how political change affects a country's voting with the United States. In this paper we explore how leadership change affects UNGA voting. Using differences between 'key' and 'non-key' UN votes to the United States, we explore if political change is driven by preference change or by a changing external position. While political change has little impact on voting on non-key issues (state preferences) we find that after leadership change, countries are more likely to vote in line with the United States on key UN votes.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: KOF Working Papers ; No. 217

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; International Conflicts; Negotiations; Sanctions ; International Agreements and Observance; International Organizations ; Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
• Thema: United Nations General Assembly voting ; key votes ; Abstimmung ; Internationale Konferenz ; Politischer Wandel ; Politische Entscheidung ; Welt

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Dreher, Axel ; Jensen, Nathan
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute
• (wo): Zurich
• (wann): 2009

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.3929/ethz-a-005778381
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/50434
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ