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International Theory - Coggle Diagram
International Theory
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Mainstream Theories
Classical Realism: the international theory that suggest that states interest in accumulating power to ensure state security in a anarchic world. Based on the idea that all individuals are power seeking self interest and the states are in pursuit of their own national interest defined in terms of power.
History
came from the failed league of nations and collective security; also the Melos and Athens war in Greece where Athens pretty much to took over MElos just because they had the powered to do so.
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Human nature is fundamentally self interested . People will lie cheat and steal to advance their own interest.
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Politics is governed by objective laws with roots in human nature. Morgenthau . The natural interested is defined in terms of power.Intrest are dynamic. Morals cannot be applied to political politics and do not determine the actions of sates. There is a difference or moral laws and moral asperations. THe international spheres
Statism, self help and survivial
assumpetions of realism
Actors: states are the central actors in IR states are rational and unitary actors. The primary motivating factor for state behavior is survivial and survivial is ensured through power.
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Characteristics in stateS: Unitary actors, rational act in national interest to protect territory and sovereignty.
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Neorealism: the reinterpretation of realism that post that the structure of the internatiaonl realtion system is the most important level to study. states beleive the way that they do because of the structure of the internatiaonl sysytem,. includes the belief that the genreal laws can be found to explain events.
Bandwagoning: States that might have opposed a threatening state choose to ally with it instead cause of power.
Internal Balancing: states building up its own militaryu resources and capabilities in order to be able to stand against more powerful states.
National Intrest: the intrest of the state, rather the protection of territory and sovereignty
Anarchy: there is no exisiting hierarchially superior or authority that can create laws, resolve disputes or enforce law and order in the international sysytem
Constructivism : the international theory that suggest that hypothesize how the ideas, norma and institutions shape the state identity and interest
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Classical liberalism: the international theory that the goodness of a individual and the clue of political intitutions in pormoting social progress
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Key actors: States, non govermental groups and interntaitonal organzations
Charateristic of individuals: Basically good; capable of cooperating
Charateristics of states: States are rational; states have relationships; states chararteristics ( demo-lib-authoritarian-autarkic) mnatter;actors within states can influence state actions
Charateristics of the internatinional system:
Seek democracy, increase free trade and strengthen international cooperation all of which helped cooperation and reduce conflicts within the international system
Balance of power : before ww1 and power was distributed so that one state wasnt powerful enough to deaminate others.
After ww1 Collective security helped states working together to ensure that no state should work outside the boundaries of the international order and that states that attempted to do so will be brought back into line collectively by all the other state ( league of nations)
Collective security: the idea that the aggression by the states could be defeated collectively because aggression against one state is aggression against all
Assumptions
Actors: Human nature is good or at least malleable. Individuals and social groups are the key actors and bounded rationality in the contaext of competing and complementary interest.
States: the state is not a singled unitary actor but a diverse actor. Pluralism ( policy as domestic competition) States are rational and states have relationships. actors within the states cna influence state actions.
INTERNATIAONL SYSYTEM:anarchy can be conditioned by international institution, rules and norms or informally institution. Cooperation is possible because of this
Neoliberal institutionalism: it is that idea that even tho anarchy exist in the international system, states can work together because of theri contentious internations with each other and because it is in their self interest to do so. Institutions provide the framework for cooperative interactions,.
Complex Interdependence: States are connected through multiple channels and there is no hierarchy of issues and the result is a decline in the use of military force.
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