POLI 244 Study Guide - United States Senate Committee On Foreign Relations, Condoleezza Rice, Bush Doctrine

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 244
• Professor: Jason Scott Ferrell

Document Summary

The intelligence community faces radical restructuring; the military has made a sharp pivot to face a new enemy; and a vast new federal agency has blossomed to coordinate homeland security. Stephen m. walt s one world, many theories sketched out the three dominant approaches: realism, liberalism and an updated form of idealism called constructivism . Walt argued that these theories shape both political discourse and policy analysis. Realism focuses on the shifting distribution of power among the states. Idealism illuminates the changing norms of society, human rights, and international justice, as well as the increased potency of religious ideas in politics. Stresses that a consensus on values must underpin any stable political order. Also recognizes that forging such a consensus often requires an ideological struggle with the potential of conflict. Realism: main instruments of international relations are wielded by states and comprised of military power and state diplomacy.