Offensive realism - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Parable realistic and has a moral Legend exaggerated story about people Myth literary sub genre of a story that involves gods and heroes, usually expressing a cultures ideals Folktale language of the people, does not need a moral, and main purpose is to entertain Fairytales element of magic, usually follows a pattern, and presents an "ideal", may contain "magic 3" or "stereotyping" Fable non-realistic, has a moral, and animals are often the main character Fable Aesop- "The Fox and t...

Hans Morgenthu - Answer-founder of classical realism Kenneth Waltz - Answer-founder of structural realism aka neo-realism Woodrow wilson - Answer-Architect of American Idealism (liberalism) -spread of democracy - states are sovereign - alliances (League of Nations) Otto Von Bismark - Answer-WWI started alliance to stabilize and secure Germany heightens already eminent security dilemma in Europe Mearsheimer - Answer-we live in anarchy the great powers will possess offensive military ca...

State : Must have a population, governing body, territory and recognition by other states Nation : A large body of people united by common descent, history or culture and language inhabiting a particular terrirtory Nation State : A State that most citizens share or are united by common descent, history, culture or language Constitution : a body of fundamental principles according to which a state is acknowledged to be governed Power : A figure or a thing with higher superiority ov...

Power involves : • Sovereignty - the quality of having supreme independent authority over a territory • Legitimacy - the quality of having sovereignty recognized by constituent population and external institutions (e.g. the church), states, populations, etc. • may involve consent through fear, love, or both - Machiavell • Enforcement - the ability to use violence, coercion, or other means to establish obedience to sovereign authority • Civil-Military Relations (Huntington)...

States - Territorial entities in which a central authority provides public goods. Governments - Bureaucratic-legal apparatus constituting the central authority. Nations - Sets of people sharing identity of a cultural, ethnic or historic sort. Nation-States - Combination of a nation and state. Ideal that people within a state have a shared identity. Rare in real world. Correlates of War (COW) - 500,000+ population, externally sovereign, diplomatic recognition. 190 of them identified. Inter...

Power involves - ans-• Sovereignty - the quality of having supreme independent authority over a territory • Legitimacy - the quality of having sovereignty recognized by constituent population and external institutions (e.g. the church), states, populations, etc. • may involve consent through fear, love, or both - Machiavell • Enforcement - the ability to use violence, coercion, or other means to establish obedience to sovereign authority • Civil-Military Relations (Hun...

foreign policy - ANSWER-strategy or set of strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve its goals in an anarchic and highly competitive international system. Foreign policy is strategically employed to interact with other countries. realism basic assumptions - ANSWER-Groupism - Humans mainly members of groups the primacy of state Egoism - Self-interest drives political behavior • The State as a unitary actor • The state as a rational actor Power-c...

In realism, the distribution of military capabilities in the International system is referred to as ____________Polarity According to offensive realism (Mearsheimer), the rise of China is likely to be peacefulFalse In Stephen Van Evera's Cult of the Offensive article, the escalation leading to WWI was mostly due to the perceived presence of windows of opportunities leading powerful countries to strike firstTrue For classical realists as Hans Morgenthau, the success of the stability o...

Power - ANSWER-Power can be seen as the ability to effect change in the world and is an aspect of relations among people functioning with various social organizations. Sovereignty - ANSWER-Sovereignty characterizes a state's independence, its control over territory and its ability to govern itself. Legitimacy - ANSWER-Legitimacy refers to an actor or an action being commonly considered acceptable and provides the fundamental basis or rationale for all forms of governance and other ways of...

Mearsheimer - ANSWER-international politics are ruthless and dangerous. Especially when multiple countries are fighting for power Hegemon - ANSWER-a preponderant state capable of dominating the conduct of international political and economic relations Why do states fear each other? - ANSWER-there's an absence of an anarchy or higher authority that can protect states. States have offensive military capability States can never be certain about what other states have as their intentions. ...