Balancing outlaw and ally

Question 1

Key role of realism

Answer 1

balancing and the spectrum of relations would be from outlaw to ally and vice-versa

Question 2

author and book diplo realist statement

Answer 2

Hans Morgenthau’s and Politics among nations

Question 3

balancing

Answer 3

• ‘peace through accomadation’, the - - only kind of tenuous peace attainable in an anarchical world
• -requires being pragmatic
• it has a normative character. eg. Kissinger when he was National Secuirty Advisor and later Secretary during Nixon and Ford admnis. Corresponds to the natural distribution of power in the anarchical global system

Question 4

realism

Answer 4

the Realist paradigm does not say much about the spectrum of relations among states on the diplomatic scene . NB. States stay away from “thick” relations (states should not become too close together) the switching of alliances

Question 5

neo realists

Answer 5

Theory of International Politics by Kenneth Waltz, aimed at explaining how things really are, rather that what they ought to be

Question 6

neo-classical realists

Answer 6

seeks to explain under what conditions states balance and under what conditions they do not (not taken for granted). YET, they do not push as much emphasis on diplomacy as Classical Realists do.