Institutional liberalism

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Institutional liberalism or liberal institutionalism is modern theory of international relations which claims that international institutions and organisations such as the United Nations, NATO and the European Union can increase and aid cooperation between states. The theory can be compared to idealism, the international relations theory which emerged after the First World War when the League of Nations was founded.