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Understanding International Relations: How Americans Perceive the World

Delve into the field of International Relations through the eyes of Americans post-9/11. Explore the history, states' significance, Westphalian System, and Waltz's analysis levels. Discover Realism and Liberalism in IR theories.

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Understanding International Relations: How Americans Perceive the World

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  1. GO131: International Relations Professor Walter Hatch Colby College

  2. How Americans See the World

  3. What in the world is “IR?” • One of four fields in political science • Had been the study of bipolar relations • In late 80s, focused on international political economy • After 9/11, refocused on security

  4. Studying IR after 9/11/01 • States still matter • State = territorial entity controlled by a government and inhabitated by a population • State does not = nation • State exercises sovereignty; answers to no higher authority • IR deals with relations between sovereign or mostly sovereign states

  5. Origins of Interstate System • Warring city-states • Modern system grew through centralization of power • Thirty Years War (1618-48)

  6. The Westphalian System • Treaty of Westphalia (1648) • 1700s: Industrialization (Great Britain, France, Prussia or Germany) • Napolean • Congress of Vienna (1815)

  7. The System Fails • Imperialism • Continued great power conflict

  8. Explaining IR:Levels of Analysis (Waltz) • First Image: The individual • Second Image: The State • Third Image: The international system

  9. IR Theories • Realism • Liberalism

  10. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_goldstein_ir_7

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