IAFF 1005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Security Dilemma, International Relations, Explanatory Power
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Hypothesis: statement of expected relationship between two variables. States should become more liekly to rarget an adversary"s civilians when: Good theories must be logically and deductively sound. At a fundamental level, all states just want to survive. Anarchy, state of nature, is not state of war. In sum, anarchy does not preclude bene cial cooperation and stable, peaceful. Democracies ght just as many wars as other states but . Democracies do not ght wars against each other. Identi es obstacles to cooperation: cheating: economic interdependence. International commerce and trade ---> fewer incentives for con ict and war. Trade partners develop mutual interest in each others well being. Constructivism power of ideas, identities, norms of appropriate behavior. Investigates the formation of state identities and interests. Emphasizes the role of norms and norm entrepreneurs. Interactive relationship among norms, identities, and interests: they each affect and change each other. More optimistic about change because structure is composed of ideas.
