Interstate Conflicts and the International Civil Aviation Organization

Depoliticization in Multilateral Diplomacy

Michał M. Kobierecki (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

218 Seiten

2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-69536-5 (ISBN)

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This book investigates the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and politicized debates held there. The author explores how participants have employed depoliticization as a defensive diplomatic technique in a multilateral forum. Analyzing cases such as the ICAO membership/ statehood of Spain, Taiwan, Cyprus, and South Africa; various instances of the Arab–Israeli conflict; shootdowns of the Korean aircraft by the USSR and Iranian aircraft by the United States; and the 21st century tensions between Russia and Western countries, the book focuses on how states under criticism defended themselves and used depoliticization rhetoric to weaken ICAO decisions. The book allows us to see how rivalries play out in a different environment to more investigated cases in the UN and INGOs such as the International Olympic Committee. This broad scope will appeal to scholars and students of international relations and political science, the Cold War, the Sino–Taiwanese conflict and the Arab–Israeli conflict. It will also appeal to practitioners working in civil aviation.

Michał M. Kobierecki is an associate professor of political science at the University of Lodz, Poland. He has over 50 scientific publications, including two books, one of which is published in English. He spent his whole research career working on international relations, with a specific emphasis on politics and sport.

List of figures

List of tables

Acknowledgments

List of acronyms

Introduction

1 The ICAO: History, structure, and functioning

The origins

General information and organizational structure

ICAO’s relevance

Conclusions

2 Politics, politicization, and depoliticization in international organizations

Politicization

Depoliticization

Depoliticization as a diplomatic technique

Conclusions

3 Conflicts over ICAO membership and members’ statehood

Spain’s ICAO membership

Chinese membership in ICAO

South Africa’s ICAO membership

The conflict between Cyprus and Turkey

Conclusions

4 The Arab– Israeli conflict in the ICAO

Israeli complaints about civil aviation difficulties created by the Arab states

Israeli attack on Beirut airport in 1968

Interception of the Lebanese civil aircraft by the Israeli Air Force in 1973

Jerusalem airport controversy

Observer status of the Palestine Liberation Organization

Interception of Libyan Arab Airlines flight by Israel 1986

Conclusions

5 The political context of shootdowns of civil aircraft

Shootdown of the Korean Air Lines Flight 007 by the USSR in 1983

Shootdown of the Iran Air Flight 655 by the United States in 1988

Conclusions

6 Tensions between Russia and the West on the forum of ICAO

Forced landing of Ryanair Flight 4978 in Minsk

The Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russia– West estrangement at the 41st Assembly

Conclusions

Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	23.08.2024
Reihe/Serie	Global Institutions
Zusatzinfo	4 Tables, black and white; 5 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	585 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10	1-032-69536-6 / 1032695366
ISBN-13	978-1-032-69536-5 / 9781032695365
Zustand	Neuware