Realism
The two classical realist authors that we read for this course.
Who is Hobbes and Thucydides?
These are the major actors in liberalism.
Who are anybody who expresses preferences? (IGOs, NGOs, States, Individuals, etc.)
The founding father of this school of thought.
Who is Karl Marx?
A group sharing a history, culture, or identity.
What is a nation?
A theory of economics.
What is Marxism?
The commodity that realists are primarily concerned with gaining.
What is power?
The P word associated with liberalism.
What is preferences?
The role of the state is:
The definition of this term is: “The authority of the state, based on recognition by other states and by nonstate actors, to govern matters within its own borders that affect its people, economy, security, and form of government."
What is sovereignty?
According an author within this theory, life is solitary, poor, brutish, nasty, and short. This informs how they view the world.
Bonus: Who is the author?
What is realism? Who is Hobbes?
The actors in this school of thought.
What are states?
This is the way that this school of thought measures itself.
What is absolute gains?
The way that Marxists view human nature:
What is irrelevant?
Bonus: Provide an example
What are individual, state, dyadid, systemic?
This school of thought is primarily concerned with increasing their chances of survival.
Bonus: Name the author
What is neorealism? Who is Waltz?
Thucydides says that alliances are what?
What is unreliable?
The reason that liberals want to minimize war, increase trade, and promote institutions.
What is to reduce uncertainty?
The two types of actors in marxism for IR.
Who are the proletariat and bourgeois?
Also accepted: Global South and Global North. Developing and Developed. Poor and Rich.
The four categories necessary for a state by definition.
What is territory, population, diplomatic recognition, and sovereignty?
This theory believes human nature is selfish.
What is realism and liberalism?
The criteria through which realists ranks the world.
What is relative power?
The way that liberals enforce contracts.
What is the shadow of the future? (Reputation)
The key to understanding how marxists view the world.
What is the exploitative nature of the international system?
Name the author and another way to think of Jihad vs. McWorld.
Who is Barber? What is the conflict between nationalism and globalism?
Believes the world exists in anarchy.
What is international relations?