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Chapter 1: Interpreting World Politics

Chapter 1: Interpreting World Politics. “Today many things indicate that we are going through a transitional period, when it seems that something is on the way out and something else is painfully being born…” Václav Havel . Important Aspects of World Politics Today.

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Chapter 1: Interpreting World Politics

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  1. Chapter 1: Interpreting World Politics

  2. “Today many things indicate that we are going through a transitional period, when it seems that something is on the way out and something else is painfully being born…” Václav Havel Copyright © 2009 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

  3. Important Aspects of World Politics Today • Global political system • Cold War • September 11, 2001 • States in the international system • Anarchy in the international system • Cycles of world politics Copyright © 2009 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

  4. How Perceptions Influence Images of International Reality • “Objective” facts are subject to interpretation • Schematic reasoning • Cognitive dissonance • Mirror image phenomenon • Enduring rivalries Copyright © 2009 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

  5. The Role of Images in World Politics • Soviet fear of foreign invasion • American isolationism pre-1941 • Mutual misperceptions fuel discord in world politics • Mirror images: United States and Soviet Union during the Cold War • Images can change: Vietnam War and utility of military force Copyright © 2009 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

  6. Should We Believe What We See?The Mercator Projection Copyright © 2009 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

  7. Should We Believe What We See?Peter’s Projection Copyright © 2009 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

  8. Should We Believe What We See?Orthographic Projection Copyright © 2009 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

  9. Six Keys to Understanding World Politics (1 of 2) • Terminology • Background information • Transnational actors • States • Nonstate actors • Actors’ foreign policies, international relations, and international politics Copyright © 2009 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

  10. Picturing Types of Foreign Policy and Actor Relationships Copyright © 2009 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

  11. Six Keys to Understanding World Politics (2 of 2) • Levels of analysis • Individual: Human characteristics—perceptions, images, knowledge, psychology • State: How states make decisions; economic power; military power; domestic factors • Global (Systemic): Interactions of states and nonstate actors at the international level that affect conflict and cooperation • Change, cycles and continuities in world politics Copyright © 2009 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

  12. The Major Factors Affecting Foreign Policy Decision and International Relations: Influences at Three Levels Copyright © 2009 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

  13. Questions for Critical Thinking • Why do actors see the same events differently? • What impact do different perceptions have on international relations? Copyright © 2009 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

  14. Web Links • American Journalism Review News Link • Foreign Affairs Online • The National Geographic Society (Maps) • National Public Radio Online Copyright © 2009 Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.

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