POG 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Proletariat, Group Of 77, Feminist Theory
20 Jun 2018
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Lecture 10
POG100
Theory, how do we use theory
International relations: theoretical approach
Anne Marie Slaughter
- Builds on idea that she articulated notion of a new global public order
Global politics: what is it?
- Public policy- how countries put roles of state into practice and turn it into
- International relations looks at relationships across borders
- Study of war, diplomacy, how states interact together, non-governmental states, non-
profit orgs, religious orgs, environmental issues
- International organizations- institutes created to help countries
Key differences
- About how things cross borders,
- Governance- how states work with each other to come up with an agreement or
disagreement
Syrian crisis
- Last 6 years
- Syria is impoverished, but is important because it’s in crossroads by strategic powers
- Isil defeated militarily
- Syria in the Ottoman Empire
- Syria belonged to Ottoman Empire
- No sense of ethnicity
- Ottoman empire declared war against Britain and France
Article 22
- Justified zones of influence
- Idea was continued colonialism
- Western countries that want to maintain peace, keep resources and have power/influence
Syrian Independence: 1946
- Done peacefully, France exhausted itself
Independent Syria
- No peace
- Impoverished country decides to develop military and declare war on Israel
- 1976: invades Lebanon
- 1981: at war with Israel in Lebanon
Bashar Al-Assad
- Assad inherits throne, eye doctor in London
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- Economy is going nowhere, people want more freedom
- 2005: murder of Lebanese PM Rafic Hariri
- 2008: Withdrawal of Syria from Lebanon/Diplomatic relations resumed
- has nothing to start with, reduced to rubles
- massive amount of refugees
What is a theory?
- A lens, can be a magnifying glass, can be a filter
- Certain instrument to interpret how things are
Theory definition
- Who or what is important in IR
- The nature of international relations?
- The principal feature of the international system
IR Theories
- Realism
- Liberalism
- Marxism
- Feminism
- Post-colonialism
Realism
- Most popular theory amongst politicians, government leaders, foreign policy
practitioners, scholars
- Based on number of assumption
- Most important is what drives IR is the definition of immediate interests
- What drives foreign policy s what a government poses its interest
- Interest-because there is an interest- country will act
- Military might maters the most
- Structural Anarchy- realism sees world as hostile place, no order, only way to survive as
a country is if you have military might to establish yourself,
- Realism: actors- objectives are to maintain their own security
- Security: material and military capabilities
- Security: high politics
- Security: want to make sure nobody borders you, resources make money, or take control
of resources
- Process of decision making very rational
Realism’s objective
- Only way to achieve these things is having strong military might always trying to strike
balance of power to make sure your no affected
- Want military strength: invest massively in defence
- If someone has nuclear weapons, get the same amount but a lot more
- Thinking is you have to be self-reliant, idea of united nations and allies comes second
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Document Summary
Builds on idea that she articulated notion of a new global public order. Public policy- how countries put roles of state into practice and turn it into. Study of war, diplomacy, how states interact together, non-governmental states, non- profit orgs, religious orgs, environmental issues. Governance- how states work with each other to come up with an agreement or disagreement. Syria is impoverished, but is important because it"s in crossroads by strategic powers. Ottoman empire declared war against britain and france. Western countries that want to maintain peace, keep resources and have power/influence. Impoverished country decides to develop military and declare war on israel. Assad inherits throne, eye doctor in london. Economy is going nowhere, people want more freedom. 2008: withdrawal of syria from lebanon/diplomatic relations resumed has nothing to start with, reduced to rubles. A lens, can be a magnifying glass, can be a filter. Certain instrument to interpret how things are. Who or what is important in ir.
