International Politics POL UA 700 Professor Jenn Larson Class 3 February 4 2014 Actors and Interests Today s Agenda 1 Key Actors 2 Interests 3 Cooperation 4 Bargaining 5 Power 6 Strategic Interactions Why play Who were the relevant decision makers actors what did they want interests and what role did international institutions Consider a Question On March 19 2003 the US launched a preventive war against Iraq despite not having authorization from the United Nations Security Council Who were the relevant decision makers actors what did they want interests and what role did international institutions play Consider a Question On March 19 2003 the US launched a preventive war against Iraq despite not having authorization from the United Nations Security Council Why Consider a Question On March 19 2003 the US launched a preventive war against Iraq despite not having authorization from the United Nations Security Council Why Who were the relevant decision makers actors what did they want interests and what role did international institutions play Big categories Power and Security Economic or Material Welfare Ideological Goals Interests Interests what actors want to achieve through political action their preferences over the outcomes that might result from their choices Economic or Material Welfare Ideological Goals Interests Interests what actors want to achieve through political action their preferences over the outcomes that might result from their choices Big categories Power and Security Ideological Goals Interests Interests what actors want to achieve through political action their preferences over the outcomes that might result from their choices Big categories Power and Security Economic or Material Welfare Interests Interests what actors want to achieve through political action their preferences over the outcomes that might result from their choices Big categories Power and Security Economic or Material Welfare Ideological Goals There are many di erent kinds of actors in international relations States parts of government House Senate interest groups labor unions corn farmers international organizations individuals etc Actors Actors the basic unit of analysis for the analysis of international politics individuals or groups of people with common interests Actors Actors the basic unit of analysis for the analysis of international politics individuals or groups of people with common interests There are many di erent kinds of actors in international relations States parts of government House Senate interest groups labor unions corn farmers international organizations individuals etc States possess Sovereignty the expectation of legal or political supremacy ultimate authority within territorial boundaries Since all states are sovereign the international system is in a condition of Anarchy the absence of a central authority with the ability to make and enforce laws that bind all actors Actors State a central authority with the ability to make and enforce laws rules and decisions within a speci ed territory Sovereignty the expectation of legal or political supremacy ultimate authority within territorial boundaries Since all states are sovereign the international system is in a condition of Anarchy the absence of a central authority with the ability to make and enforce laws that bind all actors State a central authority with the ability to make and enforce laws rules and decisions within a speci ed territory Actors States possess Since all states are sovereign the international system is in a condition of Anarchy the absence of a central authority with the ability to make and enforce laws that bind all actors State a central authority with the ability to make and enforce laws rules and decisions within a speci ed territory Actors States possess Sovereignty the expectation of legal or political supremacy ultimate authority within territorial boundaries Anarchy the absence of a central authority with the ability to make and enforce laws that bind all actors State a central authority with the ability to make and enforce laws rules and decisions within a speci ed territory Actors States possess Sovereignty the expectation of legal or political supremacy ultimate authority within territorial boundaries Since all states are sovereign the international system is in a condition of State a central authority with the ability to make and enforce laws rules and decisions within a speci ed territory Actors States possess Sovereignty the expectation of legal or political supremacy ultimate authority within territorial boundaries Since all states are sovereign the international system is in a condition of Anarchy the absence of a central authority with the ability to make and enforce laws that bind all actors Actors cont Failed States countries governed by states that lose central authority and lack common interests E g post civil war Somalia and pirates Sometimes interests con ict US security interests lead to promotion of democracy in the Some powerful domestic groups in the Middle East may not Middle East want democracy Now Back to Interests What actors want to achieve through political action US security interests lead to promotion of democracy in the Some powerful domestic groups in the Middle East may not Middle East want democracy Now Back to Interests What actors want to achieve through political action Sometimes interests con ict Some powerful domestic groups in the Middle East may not want democracy Now Back to Interests What actors want to achieve through political action Sometimes interests con ict US security interests lead to promotion of democracy in the Middle East Now Back to Interests What actors want to achieve through political action Sometimes interests con ict US security interests lead to promotion of democracy in the Some powerful domestic groups in the Middle East may not Middle East want democracy Usually security and power Sometimes we will speak loosely about the state when we mean actors within the state The US threatened Iraq Representatives of the US threatened representatives of Iraq States as Actors National Interests interests attributed to the state itself Sometimes we will speak loosely about the state when we mean actors within the state The US threatened Iraq Representatives of the US threatened representatives of Iraq States as Actors National Interests interests attributed to the state itself Usually security and power The US threatened Iraq Representatives of
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