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Importance of International Organisations/International System Flashcards

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REALISM

How do Liberals and Realists agree?

A

REALISM
There is no world government
but there is some significant world governance with international organisations (UN, EU, G20)

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REALISM

Why do Realists disagree that international organisations aren’t as significant as liberals argue?

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REALISM
they argue that states will do these to international organisations:
1. ignore them and live in a (‘state of nature’) anarchy
2. utilise them for their own benefit

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REALISM

What is international relations inevitably characterised by?

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REALISM

power politics

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REALISM

What ensures the international system is anarchical?

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REALISM

state sovereignty

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REALISM

What assumptions does power politics rely on?

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REALISM

  1. sanctity of national sovereignty
  2. lack of world government or police

this means states can act can they please

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REALISM

What do hegemonies and dominant states do to international organisations?

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REALISM

exercise control over other states and utilise them for own benefit

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REALISM

Are international organisations integral?

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REALISM
Not really, they cannot act independently of states
They are also ineffective and used for self gains

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REALISM

Can we rely on international organisations?

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REALISM

No, international courts and concepts will be ignored of influenced by powerful states

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REALISM

Should there be world government or higher authority?

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REALISM

No

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REALISM

What was Han Morganthau’s view of international politics?

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REALISM
he was particularly dismissive of Liberal belief in internationalism and natural harmony

international politics is conducted in a ‘state of nature’ and is thus characterised by anarchy

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REALISM
What does atmosphere does the international system create?
And what does this mean for states?

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REALISM
atmosphere of mutual fear, suspicion and hostility

means they are forced to rely on self-help to achieve security

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REALISM

Does international law and community ensure security (and, therefore, survival)?

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REALISM

No

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REALISM

What does the atmosphere of fear and insecurity create a tendency towards?

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REALISM

conflict and competition

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REALISM

What are states preoccupied with above all else?

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REALISM

military security

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REALISM

What is the atmosphere of fear also fuelled by?

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REALISM

the security dilemma

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REALISM

What is the security dilemma?

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REALISM
a situation in which one state’s effort to increase its own security makes other states feel less secure with the unintended consequence of greater insecurity for all

-uncertain about motives
defensive moves can be -interpreted as aggressive
-outcome is permanent insecurity

17
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REALISM

Why do realists give such emphasis on role of power in international affairs?

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REALISM
because they are forced to help themselves and give priority to its own national interest

state survival and territorial defence

they also understand power in terms of military power

18
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REALISM

Why does the international system have a hierarchy of states that imposes a measure of order?

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REALISM

international order is not a classic ‘state of nature’ as power, wealth and resources are not equally distributed

19
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REALISM

According to neo-realists, how does state sovereignty lead to self -help?

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REALISM

  1. state is highest actor on world stage
  2. therefore the international state is anarchical
  3. as a result states must rely on self help
20
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REALISM

Why do realists believe the international system is anarchic?

A

REALISM

  1. no central authority
  2. no world police force
  3. state sovereignty
21
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REALISM

What are the effects of the anarchical international system?

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REALISM

  1. states are insecure and need to survive
  2. they have no one to rely on but themselves (self help system)
  3. difficult to trust and establish relationships
22
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REALISM

What are some ways states could self-help?

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REALISM

  1. formalise relationships with other countries to keep themselves safe (marriage of convenience)
  2. boost military power (exacerbating security dilemma)
23
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LIBERALISM

Why do liberals believe that the international system is more significant than realists say?

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LIBERALISM

  1. cooperation as human nature is rational and therefore states will cooperate
  2. states can sometimes accept the primacy of states as they understand this can improve our own interests and work in a mutually beneficial relationship between states that avoids war
24
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LIBERALISM

What is the international system underpinned by?

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LIBERALISM
Underpinned by internationalism: the belief that human affairs should be organised according to universal, and not merely national, principles

25
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LIBERALISM

What do they use to prove that the system is underpinned by internationalism?

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LIBERALISM
point to fact that the overwhelming majority of transactions between states are peaceful
it is for the mutual benefit of the states involved

26
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LIBERALISM
What have liberals traditionally accepted?
But what have they also, contrarily, stressed?

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LIBERALISM
traditionally accepted the nation as the principal unit of political organisation

but also stressed importance of interdependence and free trade between nations

27
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LIBERALISM

Why do they disagree with the realist view that international organisations will be used for only the state’s benefit?

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LIBERALISM
-international, regional and other intergovernmental organisations are constantly growing in number and significance

-American hegemony is also declining and international organisations are going strong

28
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LIBERALISM

What do they advertise a faith in?

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LIBERALISM
collective security
international law

29
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LIBERALISM

Is the international system hopelessly anarchic?

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LIBERALISM

can be mitigated by cooperation

30
Q

LIBERALISM

What is increasingly likely in international relations?

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LIBERALISM
cooperation
stability
harmony

31
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LIBERALISM

Why do Liberals have faith in international organisations?

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LIBERALISM
-acknowledge growth of international/regional organisations and see it as a positive and even natural development

  • needed to challenge global challenges (‘global problems require global solutions’)
  • states will be willing to cooperate with other nations through intl orgs
  • economic, environmental, security challenges require interdependence, this needs international coordination and cooperation
32
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What synoptic link can be made when writing about Realism?

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  1. CONSERVATISM - HUMAN NATURE

global anarchy is like state of nature as Thomas Hobbes presents in the view of conservatism

33
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What synoptic link can be made when writing about Liberals?

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  1. SOCIALISM - EQUALITY
    you can see the inequality from capitalism in international organisations, small countries which do not have a say in economic organisations such as IMF or World Bank. This reflects inequality

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