Editing Coalition (section)

=== International relations ===
[[Image:Diagrama BASIC, BRICS, G5, IBAS.svg|thumb|300px|Diagram of some international coalitions established by {{flag|Brazil}}, {{flag|China}}, {{flag|India}}, {{flag|Mexico}}, {{flag|Russia}} and {{flag|South Africa}}: [[BASIC countries|BASIC]], [[BRICS]], [[Group of Five|G5]] and [[IBSA Dialogue Forum|IBSA]]]]
The temporary collaboration of two or more separate parties with a set goal and common purpose can be viewed as a coalition in [[international relations]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/coalition|title=Coalition POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS|last=Fogarty|first=Edward|date=February 7, 2013|website=www.britannica.com/topic/coalition|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428145302/https://www.britannica.com/topic/coalition|archive-date=2017-04-28|url-status=live}}</ref> Coalition competitions are represented in international political dynamics.<ref name="foo-bar">{{cite journal|last2=McDermott|first2=Rose|last3=Petersen|first3=Michael Bang|date=Fall 2011|title=States in Mind: Evolution, Coalitional Psychology, and International Politics|journal=International Security|volume=36|pages=48–83|doi=10.1162/ISEC_a_00056|last1=Lopez|first1=Anthony C.|number=2|s2cid=57562816}}</ref> A coalition can be an ''[[ad hoc]]'' grouping of nations united for specific purposes.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TuAABAAAQBAJ&q=a+coalition+can+be+an+%27'ad+hoc%27'+grouping+of+nations+united+for+specific+purposes.&pg=PT122|title=Essential Concepts Of Global Environmental Governance|last2=Orsini|first2=Amandine|date=2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-82246-6|location=New York, NY|last1=Morin|first1=Jean-Frédéric|access-date=26 April 2017}}</ref> Although persons and groups form coalitions for many and varied reasons, the most common purpose is to combat a common threat or to take advantage of a certain opportunity, resulting in the often temporary nature of coalitions. The common threat or existence of opportunity is what gives rise to the coalition and allows it to exist as all parties involved see the benefit in working together. Such collaborative processes allow the actors of the coalition to approach a common goal or accomplish the same task.<ref>{{cite journal|last2=Whittier|first2=Nancy|date=May 1994|title=Social Movement Spillover|url=https://campus.fsu.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/academic/social_sciences/sociology/Reading%20Lists/Stratification%20(Politics%20and%20Social%20Movements)%20Copies%20of%20Articles%20from%202009/Meyer-SocialProblems-1994.pdf|journal=Society for the Study of Social Problems|last1=Meyer|first1=David|volume=41|issue=2|pages=277–298|access-date=26 April 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426152135/https://campus.fsu.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/academic/social_sciences/sociology/Reading%20Lists/Stratification%20(Politics%20and%20Social%20Movements)%20Copies%20of%20Articles%20from%202009/Meyer-SocialProblems-1994.pdf|archive-date=26 April 2017|doi=10.2307/3096934|jstor=3096934}}</ref> The behavior and dynamics of coalitions in international relations are created by commonalities and differences within the groups joining together. [[Rationality]], [[group dynamics]], and [[gender]] are all contributing factors of coalitional behaviors in an [[international security]] framework.<ref>{{cite journal|last2=Enayati Hatkehlui|first2=B.|last3=Kazemi|first3=A.|date=2014|title=The Relationship between Organizational Culture Factors and Employees' Group Dynamics: Case Study of General Office of Education in Mazandaran Province|url=http://mgmt.iaufb.ac.ir/?_action=articleInfo&article=10719|journal=Journal of Industrial Strategic Management|volume=11|issue=35|pages=35–48|last1=Kazemi|first1=S.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427100431/http://mgmt.iaufb.ac.ir/?_action=articleInfo&article=10719|archive-date=2017-04-27}}</ref>