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Point | Event Description | Point | Event Description | BAR scale | Feng scale | Final scale |
1 | Minor official exchanges, talks or policy expressions- mild verbal support: Meeting of high officials; conferring on problems of mutual interest; visit by lower officials for talks; proposing talks; requesting support for policy; stating or explaining policy. | 1 | Willingness-the lowest cooperative level, which means that cooperation has just been initiated | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Official verbal support of goals, values, or regime: Official support of policy; allowing entry of press correspondents. | 2 | Discussion-indicates that parties are trying to establish common targets. | 2 | 2, 3 | 2 |
3 | Conducting or enacting friendship agreements; conducting cultural or academic agreements or exchanges. Agreements to set up cooperative working groups. | 3 | Research-a higher level than “Discussion”, and occurs when parties are working toward some common targets through joint research. | 3, 4 | 4 | 3 |
4 | Legal, cooperative actions between nations that are not treaties; cooperative projects for watershed management, irrigation, poverty-alleviation. | 4 | Consensus-a medium level, and indicates that parties are cooperating to reach some common targets. | 5 | 5 | 4 |
5 | Joint programs and plans to initiate and pursue disarmament. | 5 | Declaration and/or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)- occurs when parties negotiate a draft inter- governmental non-binding agreement. | 6 | 6, 7 | 5 |
6 | International Freshwater Treaty; Major strategic alliance (regional or international): joining or organizing international alliances | 6 | Agreement-indicates that parties have adopted a formal inter-governmental agreement. |
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7 | Voluntary unification into one nation: Merging voluntarily into one nation (state); forming one nation with one legally binding government. | 7 | Practice-means that the relevant agreements are implemented. |
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