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Boundary Problem? |
-IR has uncertain boundaries - is it an academic discipline, field of knowledge, political tool? -important to interpret something ontologically because it shapes how you interpret the concept. |
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other actors in international relations? |
-international organisations -TNCs -terrorist groups -religious terrorist groups -nationalist groups -individuals |
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what kind of activities constitute IR? |
-capital and trade markets -environment and stewardship of the planet -religious fundamentalism -global media |
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why focus attention on some issues? |
focus attention on.... --> dispute - disagreement between states -->conflict - armed disagreement between states |
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why international cooperation? |
IR is about conflict and cooperation not all politics is adversarial however - disputes can arise from collaborative and friendly relations |
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Global issues that require global cooperation? |
-trade, -environment, -refugees, -disease pandemics, -development, -oppressive regimes. |
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IR definition - Halliday 1991 |
IR is ‘the broader, theoretical, and comparative study of the ‘international,’ specifically inter-state relations [now broadened to the variety of relations between states and non-state actors] in which current concerns play a distinct, but mediating role.’
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Broad concepts to consider in IR? |
-role of the state in IR (international law) -problem of international order (anarchy) -interaction between econ, tech and military -causes of conflict and cooperation -role of culture - religion, civilisation, identity |
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Old Agenda (Fred Halliday) |
-Nationalism - between and within states -war - international war, civil war and terrorism -world poverty and global inequality |
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New Agenda (Fred Halliday) |
-Environment - nature, pollution, global warming etc -weapons of mass destruction -migration, refugees, asylum seekers -Drugs, AIDS, disease pandemics. |
