1. International Relations Spring 2005
Christy Story
Why IR?

2. IR is not Politics on Global scale
Realism: Hobbes (need gov’t/arbiter)
Neo-realism: who regulates? => chaos
Realpolitik: Morgenthau
Balance of Power
Liberalism: Rousseau (social contract) = UN
Basic dilemma = Power vs. Justice
Which should win?

3. Levels of analysis
System-level - socio-economic-political structures and accepted norms dictate state’s actions
State-level - states are primary actors
Ind’l-level - great leaders make great policy

4. How did we get here? Treaty of Westphalia (1648) Imperialism
Nation states
Sovereignty
Imperialism
Multipolar
Balance of Power

5. 20th Century WAR Post-war War economy Nationalism
Liberalism vs. communism
Post-war
Bi-polar (Cold War) 1st vs. 2d world
End of colonialism - NAM 3d world

7. 21st Century Multipolar? (Kagan article …)
Non-state actors: need new level of analysis
Politics of Development
Poverty
Human rights
Coca-colonization
Security
Liberalism vs. fundamentalism