POL208Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Leopoldo Galtieri, Siege Of Melos
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The melian dialogue: the athenians took control of melos, strong do what they have the power to do, weak accept what they have to accept. The interests are important to analyzing the way power is used. What do states want : the actor defines the interest/ the interest defines the actor. This is because the relationships are similar to each others interests: winston churchill quote about russia. To understand what russia might do, you need to understand the russian national interest. Russia has some national interests b/c of their history, their geographical region and etc. : states. There are two schools of thought for what states want. One suggests that states want security over everything else ( defensive realists) Their policies will show this national interest. The opposing school suggest that state want power over everything else ( offensive realists) Once again, this national interest will be shown within their policies. Another thinking suggests that welfare is the primary concern.
