go131: international relations professor walter hatch colby college
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GO131:International Relations
Professor Walter HatchColby College
How Americans See the World
What in the world is “IR?”
One of four fields in political science
Had been the study of bipolar relations
In late 80s, focused on international political economy
After 9/11, refocused on security
Studying IR after 9/11/01
States still matter
State = territorial entity controlled by a government and inhabitated by a population
State does not = nation
State exercises sovereignty; answers to no higher authority
IR deals with relations between sovereign or mostly sovereign states
Origins of Interstate System
Warring city-states
Modern system grew through centralization of power
Thirty Years War (1618-48)
The Westphalian System
Treaty of Westphalia (1648)
1700s: Industrialization (Great Britain, France, Prussia or Germany)
Napolean
Congress of Vienna (1815)
The System Fails
Imperialism
Continued great power conflict
Explaining IR:Levels of Analysis
(Waltz)
First Image: The individual
Second Image: The State
Third Image: The international system
IR Theories
Realism
Liberalism
Realism Liberalism
1) International system characterized by anarchy
1) International system is a mix of anarchy and order
2) States are unitary actors and are central to the international system
2) States are not unitary/domestic politics matter
3) States are rational; they seek survival through power in the short run. This is their “national interest”
3) States are rational; if democratic, they seek peace and prosperity in the long run
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