CAS IR 271 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Security Dilemma, Offensive Realism, Rationality

• School: Boston University
• Department: International Relations
• Course: CAS IR 271
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Interaction of states (countries) and nonstate actors (terrorist organizations) in the global system i. Influenced from cold war, meaning it is relatively new: multitude of theories, the security dilemma, can lead to escalation of arms race ii. Ir vs politics: states = rules = authority. Foreign policy i: war iii. iv. v. vi. Human rights i. ii. iii: global actors. Non-state actors: ngo"s, terrorists or violent actors, transnational social movements or goals. International relations : the study of relations among states and other political and economic actors in the international system. 1: globalization=amongst state + non state actors ii. Constantly being modified neo theory: also called lens , explanation for correlation or causation, correlation what goes together, causation what creates what? i. Generate hypotheses that can be proven or disproven: facts vs theories, facts can change driven by trends, facts are cheap i. ii.