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What does Liberalism tell us?
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many of the phenomena dismissed by realists can have a significant positive impact on IR: international institutions, international law, non-governmental organizations, multinational corporations, transnational advocacy networks, domestic political systems, economic interdependence, new ideas
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How old is Liberal International Tradition?
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goes back to the early 18th century; closely tied to the rise of the liberal constitutional state/domestic liberalism
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Are all liberal's liberals?
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not all domestic liberals are also international liberals
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Important Names in Liberal International Tradition
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Abbe St. Pierre, Immanuel Kant, Jeremy Bentham, Richard Cobden, J.S. Mill, Woodrow Wilson, Norman Angell, Leonard Woolf, Francis Fukuyama, Joseph Nye
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Key Idealist Tenets/Beliefs
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progress towards individual liberty everywhere and peaceful world order based on the universal rule of law
primary moral focus on individuals, not states liberals tend to think in cosmopolitan terms in the long run they want to eliminate the distinction between domestic and international political morality – they believe in one universal political morality |
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What is The Human Nature Argument for Idealism?
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human nature is good/benign
human rationality can lead to: mutual accommodation of interests and mutually beneficial cooperation capacity for learning and reform capacity for solidarity with others moral principle can trump over political expediency/self-interest |
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What is the The Anarchy Argument of Idealism?
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conflict and war are not inevitable
binding common rules and organizations can govern common affairs of states domestic progress (liberal democracy) increases chances for peace states can engage in trade and commerce, which leads to interdependence societies can create ties independent of governments (transnational activities) states can cooperate even in the most difficult area of security (collective security) |
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What about Liberal Internationalism Today?
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the end of the Cold War gave a real boost to liberal internationalism
but it also gave rise to various dilemmas about how to achieve its broad vision the key dilemma: how do liberal states behave towards non-liberal states? a host of international problems connected to this question: WMD proliferation and support for terrorism by “rogue” states, gross human rights abuses liberals have always been divided over the means of pursuit of liberal ends |
