IR Midterm Study Set
Branch of IR that gives advice of how a particular country should deal with an issue
"Dear Abby" or Prescriptive International Relations
number that corresponds with the level of theory as independent variable to international
3
"...in short, war...can no longer achieve those aims for which peoples strive"
Angell
"The warlike nations do not inherit the earth; they represent the decaying human element"
Angell
clear hierarchy promotes peace
Blainey
"China already has broad access to our markets...If China accepts the responsibilities that come with WTO membership, that will give us broad access to China's markets while accelerating its internal reforms and propelling it toward acceptance of the rule of law. The bottom line is this: if China is willing to play by the global rules of trade, it would be an inexplicable mistake for the United States to say 'No.'"
Clinton
Uses inference; takes an idea and proves it
Deduction
Describes war as the dynamics of attraction and repulsion
Freud
Unified violence of community is right. Might v Right. Ability to fight for violence
Freud
"It is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world."
George W. Bush
War causation = territory, governmental control, money, ethnicity, religion, or ideology
Goldstein
track published by Angell anticipating the end of war across the world
Great Illusion
Two countries who lost their prime minister in the last month due to the debt crisis
Greece and Italy
I'd prefer a dictator over this civil war hell
Hobbes
International agency recently issues report that Iran's developments are productive
IAEA
Dependable and is known for punctuality and teleological optimism
Immanuel Kant
Study of causes of war, peace, and conflict between countries
International Relations
Middle Eastern country planning air attack against Iran to prevent the acquisition of nuclear weapons
Israel
"I will thus permit myself to assume that since the human race's natural end is to make steady progress, its moral end is to be conceived as progressing toward the better"
Kant
"Preliminary Articles for Perpetual Peace among Nations... Standing armies shall be gradually abolished...No nation shall forcibly interfere with the constitution and government of another... "
Kant
Angell
Liberal
Clinton
Liberal
George W. Bush
Liberal
Kant
Liberal
Woodrow Wilson
Liberal
"A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests"
Machiavelli
"Before all else, be armed"
Machiavelli
"There is no avoiding war, it can only be postponed to the advantage of the other"
Machiavelli
"There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others"
Machiavelli
Paradise is international bazaar
Manchester School
Author of "Understanding International Conflicts"
Nye
Concise term; theory is sparing
Parsimonious
Kant's essay anticipating the end of violence
Perpetual Peace
Current director of CIA
Petraeus
Blainey
Realist
Hobbes
Realist
Machiavelli
Realist
The nation-state is a main actor
Realist
Thucydides
Realist
French president with German counterpart arguing how to handle debt crisis
Sarkozi & Merkel
common name to 27 year war between Athens and Sparta
The Peloponnesian War
General statement that tends to describe many groups across time
Theory
the life of man in the state of nature is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short"
Thomas Hobbes
"The strong do what they can, the weak suffer what they must"
Thucydides
"What made [the Peloponnesian] war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta."
Thucydides
"The program of the world's peace, therefore, is our program; and that program, the only possible program, as we see it, is this... A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike."
Woodrow Wilson
Characteristics of good theories
accurate, significant/important, internally coherent, useful, not contradictory, sparring in required information
system lacking of overall power and sovereign power to the state
anarchy
international conflicts in terms of leader looking to distract others from internal conflicts
diversionary war tactics
Liberal State
ensures individual rights
Democratic state
government by the people, equal popular participation. Pure form = direct democracy
level 1
individual
Facts acquired through observation
induction
realist term characterizing prioritizing goals and aligning ends
instrumental realism
level 3
international system
Doyle
liberal
Human nature has a better side
liberal
Non-state actors
liberal
complex understanding of rationality
liberal
international cooperation is possible thanks to trade
liberal
international politics is not an autonomous sphere
liberal
state interest includes a diverse set of factors
liberal
Two principle state goals for realism
protection and financial gain
Jervis
realist
Morgenthau
realist
human nature has a darker side
realist
international environment inspires fear and mistrust
realist
international politics is an autonomous sphere
realist
state interests are defined in terms of power/self-protection
realist
states are instrumentally rational
realist
republican state
rule by the people, representative government, usually involves a written constitution or laws
level 2
the state
