Constructivism in international relations

1. Studying International Relations (IR) is very important in today 's society, with things like the Syrian civil war and the ISIS take over in Iraq. Studying international relations is consolidating of all of the information that we receive from the media, and examining it from numerous, and opposing points of view. There are three theories in international relations Realism, Liberalism, and Constructivism to study international relations you must first understand each of these theories and how they relate or differ. Each theory in international relations is essentially a different approach to problem solving in the international community, it helps us to understand why war and conflicts exist. 2. Realism is often considered the pessimistic or negative approach to things. One with a realistic perspective would take the approach of seeing the glass as half empty, as opposed to the liberalist approach, which is more of a glass half full…

There are three international relation theories, Realism, Liberal institutionalism, and Constructivism, which attempt to predict state behavior. Neorealism best predicts state’s behavior. Neo-realists claim that the international system is anarchic meaning there is no legitimate authority. The states are the major actors of the system. Since the system is anarchic, states fear for survival and thus help themselves by pursuing hard power: territory, resources, money, and population. The ability…

There are three main schools of thought in International Relations and they are realism, liberalism, and constructivism. Liberalism is the paradigm that in short, holds the belief that emphasizes the importance of the international institutions that would serve to check relations with other international state actors. Realism stems from the notion that in this anarchic international stage, each state is out to better itself and the only way to survive is to gain more power. Constructivism is a…

The constructivist turn in IR marks a shift from the material determinants of international politics to ideational factors, such as beliefs, ideas, and norms. The two dominant theoretical schools in IR, neorealism and neoliberal institutionalism (NLI), share several key assumptions regarding the anarchic nature of the international system, states are self-interested, rational actors, driven by material interests in power/survival (neorealists) or security (NLI). In addition, neorealism and NLI…

writing that people could classify his theory. Furthermore, it will not be for a long time until the international relations scholars will be able to look back and see the effects of the different theories. This paper will discuss those different theories and there relation to each other beginning in 1939 and discussing the fragmentation of the discipline in the 1970’s all the way to the early 2000’s. The fragmentation of the discipline of international relations is considered in main stream…

Constructivist Approach to Climate Change Realism has been the prevailing international relations (IR) theory since the Second World War (Sens & Stoett, 2010). Bennett Rambery, George Kennan, Hans Morgenthau, Henry Kissinger, and Samuel Huntington are just some of the prominent realists that swayed U.S. foreign policy during the recent era. However, state-centric realism seems to come short in explaining the fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of non-state threats, e.g., al Qaeda, (Snyder,…

For these summaries, I read about institutions, constructivist view of politics, the unipolar system and how China might develop into a world power. The first article is, “The False Promise of International Institutions” by John J. Mearsheimer. The second article is, “Constructing International Politics” by Alexander Wendt. The third article is, “Unipolarity, State Behavior, And Systemic Consequences” by G. John Ikenberry, Michael Mastanduno and William C. Wohlforth. The final reading is, “After…

In international politics there are there are “two predictable, and nearly always mistaken, responses to any great international upheaval: one is to say that everything has changed; the other is to say that nothing has changed.” Theorist of international politics are generally found in one of two camps; those who believe that state relations and behaviors today are consistent with those found during the time of Thucydides and those who believe that everything has changed. The various views…

International relations present a subfield of political science that examines the international politics of the world. International relations study the behaviors and interactions among various actors in forming international political processes. Theories are developed to better understand the events that occur in international relations every day in order to answer the questions in this area. Theories depict a domain within an organization and specifically tie together a field of inquiry in…

In his speech given for the UN on January 18, 2017, Xi Jinping presents a number of points that represent a specific view from one of the following political theories: neo-realism, neo-liberalism, constructivism, and power transition theory. He seems to focus heavily on globalization, the international community, and international organizations, while attempting to acknowledge the fact that individual countries should have their own governments and be allowed to remain individualized. According…