Realism is a broad comprehensive theory of international relations with many diverse assumptions and sub-theories articulated by several scholars. New ideas have been introduced by scholars who interpreted traditional philosophers and historians to generate some branches within realism such as classical realism (Thucydides, Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes), and neo-realism/ structural realism (Kenneth Waltz).However, there are four key assumptions that are similar within all branches of Realism and they are the following:
1- States are the principle or most important actors in an anarchic world lacking central legitimate governance. The study of international relations is the study of relations among states, particularly major powers as they shape world politics and when engaged in wars the result is costly.
2- The state is viewed as a unitary actor. Established states face the outside world as an integrated unit. Political differences within …show more content…
Since Globalism is not a theory that attempts to explain all aspects of international affairs, it does not have sub-branches similar to Realism and Liberalism. Thus the two scholars that I see shape this theory are Jagdish Bhagwati and Joseph Nye. Their contributions are the following.
Bhagwati introduced globalism in terms of being anti-nation due to the encouragement of nationals to adopt a world view instead of a national view. At its extreme form globalism sometimes uses terms like "one world", “global citizen” or “world citizen” in support for a unified world government. Globalism also engages in the economic aspect of the world interdependency and credits international trade for it and also widely due to recent technological inventions like the
1- States are the principle or most important actors in an anarchic world lacking central legitimate governance. The study of international relations is the study of relations among states, particularly major powers as they shape world politics and when engaged in wars the result is costly.
2- The state is viewed as a unitary actor. Established states face the outside world as an integrated unit. Political differences within …show more content…
Since Globalism is not a theory that attempts to explain all aspects of international affairs, it does not have sub-branches similar to Realism and Liberalism. Thus the two scholars that I see shape this theory are Jagdish Bhagwati and Joseph Nye. Their contributions are the following.
Bhagwati introduced globalism in terms of being anti-nation due to the encouragement of nationals to adopt a world view instead of a national view. At its extreme form globalism sometimes uses terms like "one world", “global citizen” or “world citizen” in support for a unified world government. Globalism also engages in the economic aspect of the world interdependency and credits international trade for it and also widely due to recent technological inventions like the