IR Theories
The condition where there is no supreme world authority
What is anarchy?
The spread of these weapons could be a good or bad thing depending one your school of thought
What are nuclear weapons?
The idea that trade reduces the likelihood of war
What is economic interdependence?
Patrick, Robert and Iati
Who are the INTP113 Lecturers?
A theory which says that anarchy can be overcome through interstate cooperation
What is Liberalism?
A legal framework designed to protect individuals from harm
What are International Human Rights?
The idea that prosperous states depend on exploiting poorer states
What is Development Theory?
The founder of neorealism, a balance-of-power theorist and a defensive realist
Who was Kenneth Waltz
A school of thought that emphasises the importance of norms and ideas over structure
A global political commitment designed to protect people from crimes against humanity
What is Responsibility to Protect?
An international institution responsible for international growth and economic stability
What is the International Monetary Fund?
An island that China has promised to invade if it declares its independence
What is Taiwan?
A state of equilibrium in material capabilities between a group of states
What is the Balance of Power?
According to some, the most important events of the 20th century
What were the First World War, Second World War, and Cold War?
Increased flows, connections, systems and networks that transcend state borders
What is globalisation?
The graveyard of empires
The deconstruction of power relationships in International Relations
What are Critical Theories?
The idea that to destroy an enemy with nuclear weapons will cause them to do the same to you
What is Mutually Assured Destruction
Something that Western countries were able to do to when they were industrialising, but which developing countries are being condemned for doing today
What is polluting?
Strategic Studies
What does your tutor study?