GOVT-060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Blackboard, Dunne D.1, Henry Kissinger
4 Oct 2016
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Interest and power are the two independent variables. (who benefits, who has the power to do something about it: the human drive for power. Depicts ipol as a struggle of power among states. Military power is one of the most important forces. Warfare is an inherent and enduring part of international conflict. They"re realistic, not naive, don"t have hopeful ideas for the future: has a long intellectual pedigree: thucydides was one of us, the original realist, In international politics, the powerful do what they will and the weak accept what they must: critique of classical realism, macchiavelli. The ends justify the means: otto von bizmarck. Classical realists would say: we"re all shady people, we all want power, we will do shameless things to get ahead (force, kill, spy), the human drive for power, this is in our nature. Post wwii, wilson should"ve been more of a realist and stood up to hitler sooner.
