Anarchy - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Summary of the reading materials for the final exam (2023) for Analyzing International Relations. INCLUDES notes, the puzzle/motivation and core ideas/arguments from (Total: 31 pages): Alexander Wendt’s article (1992) “Anarchy Is What States Make of It: The Social Construction of Power Politics”, pp. 391-425. Ayşe Zarakol’s introduction (2017) “Theorising Hierarchies” in Zarakol’s (ed.) “Hierarchies in World Politics”, pp. 1-14. Henry Farrell & Abraham L. Newman’s a...

Realism - Answer-state seeks material power and economic power Neorealism - Answer--States are rational unitary actors -States seek security not power -Relative Power and zero-sum Liberalism - Answer--Cooperation -Critical theory - realism and liberalism are not logical -absolut gains Neoliberalism - Answer-institutions matter Constructivism - Answer-based on an ideational ontology, rather than a material ontology. Thus constructivism is posed against both realism and liberalism Alexan...

Combined notes on the lectures and *SOME* required readings from the course (2022) Analysing International Relations. INCLUDES notes on (Total: 61 pages): Lectures 1-13. John Mearsheimer’s (2001) article “Anarchy and the Struggle for Power” in Mearsheimer’s book (1990) “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics.”, pp. 29-54. Alexander Wendt’s (1992) article “Anarchy Is What States Make of It: The Social Construction of Power Politics”, pp. 391-425. David Lake’s (2007) a...

This summary is an exploration through three thousand years of world politics. The history allows you to discover its context, to retrieve the origins of these broad ideas, and to judge them more critically on their merits. History is also what allows future leaders to be versatile, to understand what shaped the interests of countries, their sensitivities, and the origins of important diplomatic principles. History matters This summary was made with the book and slides

INS 3003 EXAM 1 FSU LATEST UPDATE GRADED A+ civil war a war between citizens of the same country. cold war a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular. proxy war A war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate non-member observer state have the right to speak at the United Nation General Assembly meetings, but not to vote on resolutions Non-State entity Organi...

Notes on the lectures from the course (2023) Analyzing International Relations. INCLUDES notes from lectures 1-13 (Total: 44 pages).

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Notes on the lectures from the course (2023) Global Security. INCLUDES notes from lectures 1-13 (Total: 42 pages).

Full lecture notes and all articles as required in the syllabus

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