political cooperation
Working across party lines
Political cooperation is the collaboration between governments, parties, or factions to achieve shared objectives.
It can occur within a country—rival parties finding common ground on legislation—or internationally, as when nations coordinate on trade, security, or climate policy.
The treaty required unprecedented political cooperation among former adversaries.
The term often implies setting aside ideological differences for practical ends.
- bipartisanshipCooperation between political rivals
- common groundPoints of agreement
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- alliancesFormal unions for cooperation
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
back channel talks · multilateralism · peacekeeping · conflict resolution · international law · participatory democracy · détente · peace talks · olive branch · civic engagement · summit meetings · federalism · trade agreements · working together · community organizing · joint ventures · power sharing · United Nations
- Regional CooperationASEAN, member states, secretariat, diplomatic ties, consensus building
political cooperationpolitical conflict
Struggle over governmental power
partisan warfare · political opposition · obstruction · political warfare · political rivalry
political cooperationgridlock
Complete mutual obstruction
obstruction · obstructionism · filibustering · stonewalling · noncooperation
political cooperationpolitical polarization
Extreme ideological divergence
hyperpartisanship · factionalism · partisanship · political tribalism · partisan warfare
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