A state’s desire for club membership gives outsiders leverage to constrain its behavior

Evidence

While supporting and strengthening Croatia, Germany and other Western states were also able to constrain Croatian behavior. President Tudjman was deeply anxious for his Catholic country to be accepted as a European country and to be admitted into European organizations. The Western powers exploited both the diplomatic, economic, and military support they provided Croatia and the Croatian desire to be accepted into the “club,” to induce Tudjman to compromise on many issues. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 819

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the chapter’s broader civilizational theme but also to international relations theory on socialization and club goods — echoes the law merchant’s reputation/club mechanisms from Milgrom. — connects to: Membership dilemmas persist even in border-sealing preference-maximizing states. — Douglas A. Kysar, Regulating from Nowhere: Environmental…, 461