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STATECENTRIC PERSPECTIVE: 1. Keyactors in world politics -- analytic units? -nation states -major powers dominate world politics -major powers maintain / transform LIBERALINTL PERSPECTIVE 1. Keyactors in world politics -- analytical units?-multiplicity of influential and powerful actors - somemore powerful than states - manycircumvent state interests -supernational bodies - EU -terrorist groups -individuals -multiple channels connecting societies; formal ties through govt offices andembassies; informal ties between govt elites; transitional organizations, MNC,companies, banks; trans-govt ties (outside control of govt) |
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STATE CENTRIC PERSPECTIVE 2. how should we conceptualize nation state? - states views as unitary actors - billiard ball analogy - acting and reacting as unifies entity - single dominant foreign policy agendadespite debates within state LIBERAL INTERNATIONALIST PERSPECTIVE 2. how should we conceptualize nation state? - state policies affected by internal/externalforces - multiple conflicting policies - multiple conflicting bureaucracies/organizations - impermeable hard shell doesn't exist |
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STATE CENTRIC PERSPECTIVE 3.what are the behavioural properties of states and their leaders? -leaders/states assumed to be rational actors -rational foreign policy framework -assess costs and benefits to maximize security LIBERALINTERNATIONALIST PERSPECTIVE 3.What are the behavioural properties of states and their leaders? -foreign policy is the product of compromise -bargaining, bureaucratic struggles -organizational infighting, budget constraints etc - notrational for "national interest" -rational in terms of domestic political gains -domestic influences on foreign policy are significant |
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STATE CENTRIC PERSPECTIVE 4. what behavioural determinants? - power, capabilities, system structure - balance of power and shifting balances - objective/deterministic forces compelleaders LIBERAL INTERNATIONALIST PERSPECTIVE 4. what are the behavioural determinants? - power as a concept is unclear - power is issue/context specific - power is not fungible- some aspect of power = weakness,vulnerability |
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STATECENTRIC PERSPECTIVE 5.dominant system characteristics? -anarchical system structure - selfhelp LIBERALINTERNATIONALIST PERSPECTIVE 5.dominant system characteristics? -complex interdependence, order and cooperation; increases incentive to maintainstability - CIproduces vulnerabilities and sensitivities; -institutionsmanage vulnerabilities-->provideinfo (limits fears/ insecurities); lower transaction costs&facilitatecoordination; alter payoffs for cooperation; world politics involve repeatedplay (shadow of future); world politics includes multiple players - not just 2 |
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STATE CENTRIC PERSPECTIVE 6. view of morality? - morality typically state specificpolitics (power) defines ethics - no universal morality LIBERAL INTERNATIONALIST PERSPECTIVE 6. view of morality? - emerging set of governing/legal structures - emerging awareness of common values(regimes) - shared principles and processes - large number of institutional constraints |
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STATECENTRIC PERSPECTIVE 7.what are the central issues/priorities/challenges/puzzles leaders face? -conflict, crisis and war (causes and consequences) -research focussed on explaining war -polarity and stability -bipolarity vs multipolarity vs unipolarity -other theories of war LIBERALINTERNATIONALIST PERSPECTIVE 7.what are the central issues/priorities/challenges... -agenda consists of multiple issues -foreign policy agenda is considerably more complex and diverse -issues are not arranged in any consistent hierarchy -obsolescence of conflict and evolution of cooperation - useof military force less likely when CI prevails -military fore irrelevant to resolving economic issues/tensions -perceived margin of safety has widened for most states - fearof attack by other states diminishing -increasingly difficult to imagine war among liberal democracies -military force unsuccessful in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria |
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SUMMARYOBSERVATIONS -Debate has come full circle - back to stronger inter-war "idealist"position -large scale war is becoming increasingly irrational - waris a product of little democratic accountability -pursuit of "good" is a matter of right reasoning / rationality - rationalitywill prevail over time |
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