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- - - - sovereign political entity with defined borders, a permanent population, and a government capable of exercising authority over its territory
    - - realism
        
        human nature
        
        individuals act in their own self-interest
        
        egoistic, aggresive, pwr seeking
        
        Morgenthau
        
        'all politics is a struggle of power'
        
        international order: domination
        
        states take part in IOs only if it benefits them
        
        states are primary actors
      - liberalism
        
        international order: cooperation
        
        IOs are central to achieve cooperation and peace
        
        Immanuel Kant
        
        late 18th century
        
        states that share liberal values should have no reason for going to war against one another
        
        later developed into Democratic Peace Theory
        
        rights of individualists are key points
        
        Woodrow Wilson's 14 points
        
        League of Nations
        
        collapsed due to outbreak of WW2
        
        -> UN
        
        states are not the only actors but also institutions
      - social constructivism
  - - - emerged after World War I
      - focused on the fundamental nature of international relations
      - outcome
        
        ascendancy of realism as the dominant paradigm in IR during the mid-20th century. Scholars like E.H. Carr and Hans Morgenthau contributed significantly to the development of realist theories. However, idealist ideas still persist and have been incorporated into liberal IR theories that emphasize cooperation and international institutions as avenues for mitigating conflicts.
      - realists
        
        emphasize state pwr and security, critiquing Liberalist ideals as utopian
        
        Hobbes
        
        Leviathan
        
        Sovereign individuals in their natural surroundings are in a perpetual ‘state of war’ against each other with the primal goal of self-preservation
        
        nation-state
        
        Peace of Westphalia 1648
        
        Carr
        
        The Twenty Year's Crisis (critiquing Liberalism)
      - liberalists
        
        advocate for cooperation and institutional order
        
        exemplified by the LoN
    - - emerged in the 1950s
      - revolved around the methodology and approaches in the study of IR
      - Traditionalists
        
        using historical and philosophical methods to understand international relations, focusing on grand theories and ideas
      - Behavioralists
        
        inspired by the scientific revolution in social sciences
        
        advocated for the use of empirical data, quantitative analysis, and a more systematic approach to studying IR
      - Outcomes
    - - emerged in the 1970s and 1980s
      - neorealists
        
        Kenneth Waltz
        
        developed structural realism focusing on the international system rather than human nature
        
        distribution of power among states is the main determinant of international outcomes
        
        states must prioritize their security and survival in a self-help system
      - neoliberal institutionalists
        
        Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye
        
        role of international institutions in facilitating cooperation and managing conflicts among states
      - outcomes
        
        showcased the importance of both power and institutions in international relations
    - - formally emerged as a discipline in 1919 after WWI
      - IR theory is built on debates that have shaped its development known as Great Debates
  - - - Treaties and Conventions
      - Customary International Law
      - General Principles of Law
      - Judicial Decisions and Legal Writings
    - - Lack of Universal Participation
      - Sovereignty and Consent
      - Enforcement Issues
      - Non-State Actors
      - Cultural and Normative Diversity
      - Power Imbalance
      - Challenges in the Cyber and Space Domains