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realism
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Machiavelli, Hobbes
IA is a struggle of self-interested states for power and position under anarchy, competing to further one's own interest |
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power
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factors that enable one actor to manipulate another actor's behavior against its preferences. (you have to be dead not to understand this)
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self-help
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principle that because in internat'l anarchy all global actors are independent, they must rely themselves to provide for their own security and well-being,
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relative gains
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conditions in which some participants in cooperative interactions benefit more than others
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national interest
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the goals that states pursue to maximize what they perceive to be selfishly best for their country
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balance of power
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the theory that peace and stability are most likely to be maintained when military power is distributed to prevent a single superpower hegemon or bloc from controlling the world
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neorealism
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a theoretical acct of states' behavior that explains it is determined by differences in their realitive power within the global hierarchy, defined primarily by the distribution of military pwr, instead of by other factors such as their values, types of govt, or domestic circumstances.
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structural realism
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the neorealist theory postulating that the structure of the global system determines the behavior of transnational actors within it.
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liberalism
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a paraigm predicated on the hope that the application of reason and universal ethics to international relations can lead to a more orderly, just, and cooperative world; liberalism assumes that anarchy and war can be policed by institutional reforms that empower internat'l organization and law.
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zero-sum
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(not just a NIN song!)
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Collective Security
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A security regime agreed to by the great powers that sets rules for keeping peace guided by the principle that an act of aggression by any state will be met by collective response from the rest
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Complex interdependence
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States are not the only important actors
Security is not the dominant national goal Military force is not the only significant instrument of foreign policy |
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International Regime
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Concept explaining the benefits to actors supporting particular rules to regulate a specific international problem.
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Neo-Liberalism
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Theoretical perspective that accounts for the way international institutions promote global change, cooperation, and peace through collective programs for reform.
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Regimes
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The rules agreed upon by states to work together to manage shared problems focusing on long term benefits
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Low Politics
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Category of global issues related to economic, social, demographic, environmental aspects of relations between governments and people.
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High Politics
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Geo-strategic issues of national and international security that pertain to matters of war and peace
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Constructivist Theory
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Alexander Wendt
Self-interested states as key actors in world politics. Actions not determined by anarchy but by the way the states socially construct and then accept images of reality. |
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Dependency Theory
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Less developed countries are exploited because global capitalism makes them dependent on the rich countries that create exploitative rules for trade and production
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Feminist Theory
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Emphasizes gender in the study of world politics.
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REALISM
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struggle for power
competition is inevitable no arrangement satisfies everyone no moral absolutism peace through strength power is paramount no permanent enemies, no permanent friends balance of power separation b/n domestic/foreign int'l law has no meaning |
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IDEALISM/LIBERALISM
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human nature is good
war is not inevitable war=int'l prob that req's collective effort social justice (collective security) |
