Exit from International Organizations: Costly Negotiation for Institutional Change

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Exit from International Organizations: Costly Negotiation for Institutional Change

Edited by Inken von Borzyskowski · Felicity Vabulas
Cambridge University Press July 2025

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ISBN-13
9781009532327
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
July 2025
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Why do states exit international organizations (IOs)? How often does exit from IOs – including voluntary withdrawal and forced suspension – occur? What are the effects of leaving IOs for the exiting state? Despite the importance of membership in IOs, a broader understanding of exit across states, organizations, and time has been limited. Exit from International Organizations addresses these lacunae through a theoretically grounded and empirically systematic study of IO exit. Von Borzyskowski and Vabulas argue that there is a common logic to IO exit which helps explain both its causes and consequences. By examining IO exit across 198 states, 534 IOs, and over a hundred years of history, they show that exit is driven by states' dissatisfaction, preference divergence, and is a strategy to negotiate institutional change. The book also demonstrates that exit is costly because it has reputational consequences for leaving states and significantly affects other forms of international cooperation.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Part I. Introduction and Theory:
1. The common logic of IO exits
2. Exit as a costly strategy to negotiate change

Part II. Withdrawal:
3. Predictors of withdrawal: when and why do states withdraw from IOs?
4. The consequences of IO withdrawal for exiting states
5. Case studies: three withdrawals

Part III. Suspension:
6. Predictors of suspension: when and why do states get suspended from IOs?
7. The consequences of IO suspension for exiting states
8. Case studies: three suspensions

Part IV. Conclusion:
9. Revisiting exit from IOs

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