POL 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Security Dilemma, Hegemony, Preemptive War
19 Jan 2018
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Realism: states are the main actors, what is happening in international pol. This is different from a hierarchical system, we have no control over different states. State interaction is very imp, decision of state is very important: use of force is effective: use of force against other states can be used and it is effective policy. No world government or police force, it is a useable policy. Way they can get other states to get what they want. Implications of assumptions: constant threat of war and invasion: every state has the potential to be attacked, because anarchy. Constant threat: main goal is state security/ survival. Security: because anarchy, self-help system, state protects itself. Bunch of states who want to gain more power: gain power, power is military and economic abilities as in money and weapons. For realists, this is power: states worry about gains relative gains: how much more/ less i get than you, absolute gain: how much i get.
