International Relations 210 02 25 2016 Realist Voices Mid term questions 3 core assumptions from the foundational period do these ideas persist why how are alternative views marginalized Summary of Foundational Realism Dominated IR from 1648 1920 Assumptions No common power absence of a governing structure international system is anarchy Need for a strong state Constant struggle for power War is a constant possibility Duality of morality State itself and international different ethical responsibilities Cooperation has limits parable of the stag hunt Self help and the priority of force No state is prepared to give up the possibility of gaining individual advantage over the rest Sovereignty and independence get in the way of rational world peace WWI end of a fragile BOPO system and a frayed colonial system a time for thinking about a new world order Grotian moment forms the foundational period problem of BOPO perception of balance options for world order a new BOPO a concert system major powers come together world government hegemonic power League of Nations an international organization with collective security replacing unilateralism Leadership BOPO or League Many citizens supported a peace movement to eliminate war as a tool of statecraf stop use of certain types of weapons minimize war crimes establish rules laws that outlaw war and need for force collective security global force address causes of violence High Noon this movie was developed with the idea that it could convince Americans to fight the Cold War realism and the use of force as the only way forward maybe the story of IR 1 page how the movie deal with ideas in the three traditions 2 pts Modern Voice E H Carr Woodrow Wilson chair 1936 1947 main contribution to realists avoid extreme positions no universal solutions go for moderation and prudence life is about opposites lef vs right good vs evil good for the moderation key is to find a path of theory and practice in the middle may have led him to support appeasement policy toward Hitler concerned about social justice his five objections to utopian thought that may have led to WWII Carr s criticism of Utopians Liberal Internationalist assumption that leaders have a broad range of choices rationalism and domestic policies will work internationally harmony of interests among all people of the world faith in human reason laws moral code apply equally to all war is irrational behavior Carr agreed with Utopians on the dangers of nationalism called for going beyond the stateEU type of organization Sought some morality in politics Advice on Power military economic and control over public opinion IR as a zero sum game your gain is my loss accommodate those with power Advice on Morality State is not a person duality argument 3 reasons why states will not honor moral codes no community no universal moral code diversity of interests and cultures human nature self interest self help failure of League and rise of Hitler marginalized optimists idealists and the liberal internationalists limits of international law keep the weak in line
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