Bejukistan is in a dispute over water rights with its larger, more powerful neighborVoravia. Bejukistan seeks redress from a regional international organization that deals with water rights. This international organization penalizes Voravia by directing it to pay large fines to Bejukistan. Voravia, however, refuses to pay such fines and does not curb its transgressive behavior. This example supports which of the following viewpoints regarding the function of international organizations?
a. power-based explanations
b. problem-based explanations
c. border-based explanations
d. economic-based explanations
a. power-based explanations
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