Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hedley Bull, Hans Morgenthau, Chanakya
2 Aug 2016
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Note: these thinkers, according to realists, are the first realists, but there is considerable disagreement about this. Common: power relative to others, kingdoms & city-states & empires as opposed to states, creation and control over territory by a single ruler. Thucydides (modern greece: lived 2400 years ago o. Security dilemma : an increase in the power of one state (athens) causes insecurity in its neighbours & rivals (spartans), and results in them seeking to increase their relative power: distribution of power in inter-state system. Kautilya (modern india: lived 2300 years ago, what to do with alliances (sun tzu, too). He called mandala or circle of kings: my neighbour is my enemy, so my enemy"s neighbour is my friend. Thomas hobbes (modern england: anarchy: absence of government authority, so continual fear and danger of violent death", permanence of war: state of nature" is an inevitable war of all against all".
