INR 2001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Nikita Khrushchev, Mirror Image, Yalta Conference

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A preponderant state capable of dominating the conduct of international political and economic relations. Demise of one and the rise of another. The changing distribution of power within the anarchical global system is the primary factor that determines state behavior. Historic tendency for opposed coalitions to form so that the distribution of military power is balanced to prevent any single power from seriously threatening others. Mind set glorifying a particular state and the nationality group living in it. Each side belittled the national character and ethnic attributes of the other. Emphasizes that leaders make decisions based upon careful evaluation of the relative usefulness of alternative options for realizing the best interests of themselves and their states. Consequences of ww1: liberal idealism was high. Ww2: isolationism: a policy of withdrawing from active participation with other actors in world affairs and instead concentrating state efforts on managing internal affairs. At the state level of analysis: consequences.

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