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KY L E
IR 101
WHAT IS IT?
DEFINITION
• Study of international events and actors.
ACTORS
• State- • monopoly on the legitimate use of force, mutually
recognized• Provide public goods, collect taxes • Uni, Bi, and multipolar • Non-State- recent trend
LEGIT
IMPORTANCE
• Critical in the international realm- determines security guarantees and cooperation• Authority is power with legitimacy
EXAMPLES
• Some states?• Some in contention- Palestine, Iraq in 05• Failed states- Somalia 90’s, Afgan 05
SOVEREIGNTY
• Defines a state• Highest political • Highest political authority• No other unit has coercive authority
POWER
• Market• Cultural• Military
GLOBALIZATION
• International economic and otherwise interdependence• Free trade vs. protectionism• International development • Liberal values • Democratic peace• Transnational Threats
NON STATE
• NGO- charities, political groups, turrrrrits • International Org- UN, IMF, World Bank• Multinational Corp
CONFLICT
• Iter vs. Intra State conflict
NEO-REALISM NEO-LIBERAL INSTITUTIONALIS
M
CONSTRUCTIVISM
NATURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SYSTEM
Anarchy (No international security mechanism)
Anarchy (No international mechanism to enforce agreements)
Socially Contingent/Socially Constructed
KEY ACTOR(S) StatesPlural (States, Corporations, International Organizations, NGOs)
Shared Ideas
KEY INTEREST(S) Security/SurvivalPreferences (individual utility to the state)
Define Core Ideas
Cooperate on Shared Interests
POPULAR DISCUSSION
• Terrorism• Org Crime• Arab/Israel• India/Pakistan• Ethic Conflict • Failed States• U.S./China• Global Economy• Proliferation• Resources • Human Rights• Democracy• And more….
DOMESTIC IMPLICATIONS
• Historical Slant to Intervention• The foreign policy of the Founders • Domestic freedoms