REALIST THEORIES

REALIST THEORIES 

Important points

1. Westphalia
2. hegemonic
3. children of darkness
4. status quoists
5. state is the only actor
1. Morgenthau's book: Politics among Nations
6. anarchical
7. national interest
8. trust deficit
9. struggle for power
10. deterrence
11. BoP

Introduction

1. oldest theory of international politics
2. based on Westphalian order
3. hegemonic idea in international politics
4. children of darkness
5. status quoists

Principles

1. state is the only actor
1. Morgenthau's book: Politics among Nations
2. international politics is anarchical
1. absence of world govt
3. primacy to national interest
1. Machiavellian idea
4. self help
5. aim of nation is survival rather than international peace and order
6. power is end and power is means
1. struggle for power
7. security dilemma
1. trust deficit

Prescription for Peace

1. Balance of Power
2. Peace by Deterrence
1. nuclear terms
3. pre-emptive war
1. Bush Doctrine

Intellectual influences on Realists

1. Kautilya
1. Mandal Siddhant
2. Six-fold policy
2. Thucydides
1. History of Peloponnesian war
2. war is permanent
3. Machiavelli
4. Hobbes
1. power is only guarantee of security
2. originator of security dilemma

Schools of Realism

1. Classical Realism
1. Morgenthau
2. Scientific Realism
1. Kenneth Waltz
3. Neo-Classical Realism
1. Fareed Zakariya
4. Liberal Realism
1. Hedley Bull