A geographically isolated region with seven independent states is suffering heavily from environmental degradation due to widespread deforestation and industrial pollution. All the states involved are affected, although some contribute more substantially to the problem than others. Which of the following represents a constructivist approach to dealing with the issue?
a. ceasing all regional trade and imposing sanctions on the worst offenders
b. appealing to an authority outside the region to intervene and provide a unilateral solution
c. encouraging the states to create a regional international organization to address the problem collectively
d. relying on the strongest and most economically powerful regional state to assume a leadership role in combating the issue
c. encouraging the states to create a regional international organization to address the problem collectively
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