CAS IR 271 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Offensive Realism, Defensive Realism, Security Dilemma
9 May 2014
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If the logic is wrong the argument is wrong. Evidence is where most global fights and arguments take place. A world run by princes (teenage boys looking to solve by fighting) Thomas hobbes: translator of thucydides" history of the peloponnesian war. In an insane world, it"s the sanest option (terminator ii) Philosophy contemporary with two of europe"s most brutal wars. Passionate about geometry; attempts a geometry of politics. Key argument: violence will persist in the absence of a central and absolute authority. The condition of war is nasty, brutish, and short . Brute force: pain for the sake of pain. Nuclear weapons: not more destructive than conventional weapons, but cause their destruction much much faster (advantage of speed vs. conventional weapons) Conventional war: time to think and confer as opposed to one direct action of nuclear warfare. Belief that war the essential feature of ir. There is no sovereign above all states, war is enduring and international feature of politics.
