Balance of power in international relations

Realism and Liberalism, two very renowned theories and practices of international relations, which both have different perspectives towards security structure, human rights/nature and international systems. Both of these theories trace back to their intellectual roots. Realism related back to Thucydides’ classic account of the Peloponnesian War in the fifth-century B.C and the liberalist tradition is usually traced back to Enlightenment, which is mainly traced back to main philosophers, John…

Globalized World: The study of International Relations revolves around the “decisions that are made within a country that have implications for relationships outside the borders of that country” (Kaufman, Page 2). In the current globalized world, countries are interdependent entities that must exist and interact with one another. The manner in which countries choose to engage with another, such as aggressively or civilly, can be predicted and analyzed through various international political…

Liberalism, and Constructivism are all three important theories in the world of International Relations and while there are many differences between the three perspectives, there is still one main similarity. Realism and Liberalism are well-known theories, while Constructivism happens to fall into the category of alternative views. Anarchy is a condition of International Relations that requires states to rely on their own power(Shiraev and Zubok.41). Each theory provides strong arguments as to…

Out of the numerous actors that play apart in international politics, I find that the most critical and vital is the state. It is the primary vehicle for diplomacy, stability, defense and cooperation in a world of anarchy with no other actor existing above it. The nation-state has existed since 1648 after the Peace of Westphalia. The two international theory paradigms I will be using to prove my point is Realism and Liberalism, both in how they conflict with one another, but as well, the common…

system in international politics is a crucial motive to define the interstates relationship between major theories of international relations. That is, there are diverse theoretical approaches to explicate how actors with a dilemma will behave or react between confrontation and cooperation in the decentralised world, thus understanding major theories such as realism and liberalism would be helpful to size up all possibilities of theoretical alternative in order to surpass anarchy in…

The purpose of this paper is to examine Robert Gilpin’s, The Politics of Transnational Economic Relations as well as Robert Cox’s, Gramsci and International Relations Theory: an essay in method. Gilpin’s theory that transnational actors and processes are dependent upon specific patterns of inter-sate relations (Gilpin, 1971, p.404) will be compared and contrasted with Robert Cox’s understanding of Gramsci’s hegemony and how it may be adopted to understand problems of world order. Gramsci’s…

divided international organization as it tries to countries struggles to cope with the large influx of refugees. Three schools of International Relations come into play in how to address the challenges that come about in the refugee crisis in Europe. These paradigms help explain the problem as well as opportunities to address these challenges. First, there is the realist school,…

In accordance with the anarchic world view, self interest amongst states, and the power discrepancies that are assumed within neorealism, it has been suggested that cooperation in the field of international relations is a futile effort,. Neorealism describes a system where states are the only actors, and a constant power struggle is what guides international policy, with no state wanting to yield power to another. I will counter this view of thought with aspects Neoliberalism, an ideology in…

This simulation inspired me that, the balance of power can not simply explain the cause of World War I. By using Waltz’s three levels of analysis, the individual acts and beliefs, the collision of interest between states, as well as the anarchic nature of the international system could explain the outbreak of WWI. On the individual level, important figures significantly affected the possibility of war and the process of history. For example, Garivalo Princie was a Serbian nationalist who…

Liberal Theory of International Politics and Robert Putnam’s Logic of Two-Level Games. It has always been a struggle to formulate a theory on international relations that would deviate from an ideology. Moravcsik (1997) suggests, in his study on Taking Preferences Seriously: A Liberal Theory on International Politics, that it is of great necessity to…