CAS PO 171 Lecture 3: Realism
1 Oct 2018
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Definition: a theoretical approach that analyzes all international relations as the relation of states engaged in the pursuit of power. Focus on the power relations among states. Believes that it is possible to create world peace based on rule of law. Emphasized seeing the world as it really is rather than how we would like to see it. *thomas hobbes: the life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short . Distinguish trait: sovereignty (the use of force ~ violence) The state has supreme authority to make and enforce laws. Civil society can only begin when security is established. 1st move: organize power domestically begins community. States compete with other states for power and security. More for one state = less for another. The absolute power has no influence to the power dynamics in the international system. Hobbes: we trade personal liberty for a guarantee of security and civil society: survival.
