1. Comment
21 October 2019 at 13:03:29
How to judge if something is true
2. Comment
21 October 2019 at 13:40:24
Permanent population
Defined territory
Government
Capacity to enter into foreign
relations
3. Comment
21 October 2019 at 13:40:38
Recognition
4. Comment
21 October 2019 at 13:46:19
Summary - Introduction to IR
E.g. fragile states
E.g. disaggregated states
Lecture 2 - What is international relations? Why do we need
(polarised politics) concepts and theories?
5. Comment
21 October 2019 at 13:47:57 Types of theories:
Born during Spanish Armada, very • Explanatory: world is external to theories
fearful? • Naturalism: natural and social world are the same
• Constitutive: theories impact world (self-confirming)
1 • Epistemology
• Foundational: all claims are either true or false
• Anti-foundational: there is no neutral method of judgement
“Globalisation is a myth”:
• Hirst & Thompson: just the latest phase of capitalism
Statehood
2 • Montevideo Convention 1933
3 • Declarative vs constitutive
4 • Internal vs external sovereignty
5 Levels of analysis: Thomas Hobbes
Readings:
• Baylis et al., Introduction
• Optional reading: Jack Snyder, “One World, Rival Theories”
,6. Comment
21 October 2019 at 13:54:41
30-year war
Origins of modern sovereign
state
7. Comment
21 October 2019 at 14:23:34
Eurocentric (Chinese empire BC)
Alternative account: threat of war
—> defend borders —>
centralisation + tax —>
bureaucracy —> statehood
8. Comment
21 October 2019 at 14:33:00 Lecture 3 and 4 - History of IR
+ deindustrialisation in other
places (extraction of resources) Relevant history is contested.
9. Comment Universal benchmarks:
21 October 2019 at 14:33:33
• 1500: Entanglements of Americas and Europe
Non-west becomes dependent
6 • 1648: Peace of Westphalia
on West
7 • Myth?
8 10 • Long 19th century: rise of west, West/Asia divergence, industrialisation, imperialism, global
10. Comment
order
21 October 2019 at 14:34:03
11 • World Wars
IOs, norms, etc
12 • End of WW1
13 • End of WW2
11. Comment
21 October 2019 at 14:44:38 14 • End of cold war
Total war (nothing is spared)
International system: global context, sum of all units/interactions
International order: structured pattern of relationships
12. Comment
21 October 2019 at 14:41:27
Treaty of Versailles Post-cold war: end of conflict?
Rise of IR 15 • Yes: fewer battle deaths, reduction in violence
• No: low intensity conflicts increased, civil war complexities, rape
13. Comment
21 October 2019 at 14:41:42 Recent developments:
Beginning of Cold War - 16 • 9/11
bipolarity 17 • Antiglobalism: resistance from developing world, national-populism
Nuclear revolution —> long 18 • Emerging supra-nationalism
peace • Rise of new powers
Decolonisation Readings:
• Baylis et al., chapters 2 & 3
Long-term alliances • Baylis et al., chapters 4 & 5
• Optional readings:
Liberal order/institutions • Nick Danforth, “Westphalia to Communicate: Sovereignty, Confusion, and the International
Order”
Non-alignment of many Asian • Joshua S. Goldstein and Steven Pinker, “The decline of war and violence”
and African countries • Michele Acuto and Parag Khanna, “Nations are no longer driving globalization—cities are”
• Sean McFate, “The Return of Mercenaries, Non-State Conflict, and More Predictions for the
14. Comment Future of Warfare”
21 October 2019 at 14:47:58
Unipolar order
Francis Fukuyama: “end of
history” (no alternative to
liberalism
Not correct
15. Comment
21 October 2019 at 15:04:21
Due to trade, education,
democracy, wealth. etc
16. Comment
21 October 2019 at 15:07:15
Transformed security policies
Greatest magnitude led by non-
state actor
Old response to new
phenomenon?
, Challenge: role of religion in IR
Contested degree of impact
17. Comment
21 October 2019 at 15:10:27
Increases inequality
Trickle-down theory doesn’t work
18. Comment
21 October 2019 at 15:11:43
Need for collective action
- Problem: free riding states
21 October 2019 at 13:03:29
How to judge if something is true
2. Comment
21 October 2019 at 13:40:24
Permanent population
Defined territory
Government
Capacity to enter into foreign
relations
3. Comment
21 October 2019 at 13:40:38
Recognition
4. Comment
21 October 2019 at 13:46:19
Summary - Introduction to IR
E.g. fragile states
E.g. disaggregated states
Lecture 2 - What is international relations? Why do we need
(polarised politics) concepts and theories?
5. Comment
21 October 2019 at 13:47:57 Types of theories:
Born during Spanish Armada, very • Explanatory: world is external to theories
fearful? • Naturalism: natural and social world are the same
• Constitutive: theories impact world (self-confirming)
1 • Epistemology
• Foundational: all claims are either true or false
• Anti-foundational: there is no neutral method of judgement
“Globalisation is a myth”:
• Hirst & Thompson: just the latest phase of capitalism
Statehood
2 • Montevideo Convention 1933
3 • Declarative vs constitutive
4 • Internal vs external sovereignty
5 Levels of analysis: Thomas Hobbes
Readings:
• Baylis et al., Introduction
• Optional reading: Jack Snyder, “One World, Rival Theories”
,6. Comment
21 October 2019 at 13:54:41
30-year war
Origins of modern sovereign
state
7. Comment
21 October 2019 at 14:23:34
Eurocentric (Chinese empire BC)
Alternative account: threat of war
—> defend borders —>
centralisation + tax —>
bureaucracy —> statehood
8. Comment
21 October 2019 at 14:33:00 Lecture 3 and 4 - History of IR
+ deindustrialisation in other
places (extraction of resources) Relevant history is contested.
9. Comment Universal benchmarks:
21 October 2019 at 14:33:33
• 1500: Entanglements of Americas and Europe
Non-west becomes dependent
6 • 1648: Peace of Westphalia
on West
7 • Myth?
8 10 • Long 19th century: rise of west, West/Asia divergence, industrialisation, imperialism, global
10. Comment
order
21 October 2019 at 14:34:03
11 • World Wars
IOs, norms, etc
12 • End of WW1
13 • End of WW2
11. Comment
21 October 2019 at 14:44:38 14 • End of cold war
Total war (nothing is spared)
International system: global context, sum of all units/interactions
International order: structured pattern of relationships
12. Comment
21 October 2019 at 14:41:27
Treaty of Versailles Post-cold war: end of conflict?
Rise of IR 15 • Yes: fewer battle deaths, reduction in violence
• No: low intensity conflicts increased, civil war complexities, rape
13. Comment
21 October 2019 at 14:41:42 Recent developments:
Beginning of Cold War - 16 • 9/11
bipolarity 17 • Antiglobalism: resistance from developing world, national-populism
Nuclear revolution —> long 18 • Emerging supra-nationalism
peace • Rise of new powers
Decolonisation Readings:
• Baylis et al., chapters 2 & 3
Long-term alliances • Baylis et al., chapters 4 & 5
• Optional readings:
Liberal order/institutions • Nick Danforth, “Westphalia to Communicate: Sovereignty, Confusion, and the International
Order”
Non-alignment of many Asian • Joshua S. Goldstein and Steven Pinker, “The decline of war and violence”
and African countries • Michele Acuto and Parag Khanna, “Nations are no longer driving globalization—cities are”
• Sean McFate, “The Return of Mercenaries, Non-State Conflict, and More Predictions for the
14. Comment Future of Warfare”
21 October 2019 at 14:47:58
Unipolar order
Francis Fukuyama: “end of
history” (no alternative to
liberalism
Not correct
15. Comment
21 October 2019 at 15:04:21
Due to trade, education,
democracy, wealth. etc
16. Comment
21 October 2019 at 15:07:15
Transformed security policies
Greatest magnitude led by non-
state actor
Old response to new
phenomenon?
, Challenge: role of religion in IR
Contested degree of impact
17. Comment
21 October 2019 at 15:10:27
Increases inequality
Trickle-down theory doesn’t work
18. Comment
21 October 2019 at 15:11:43
Need for collective action
- Problem: free riding states
