International Relations and the International System since 1989

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International Relations and the International
System since 1989

• The collapse of the Cold War world
• Realist approaches to the post Cold War
  international politics
• neo-realism
• neo-structural realism
• Liberal conceptualization of the world politics
  after 1989
• Liberal institutionalism
• Democratic peace thesis
• Collective security theory

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Neo-realist conceptualisation of the post Cold
War international politics

• Mearscheimer
• Return to the multilateral balance of power
  politics
• Instability and conflict caused by extreme
  nationalism and interstate rivalries
• Limited cooperation between the states, because
  of two factors the problem of cheating and the
  problem of relative gains

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Neo-structural realists contingent realists and
the mature anarchy thesis

• Contingent realists- Glaser
• reject the competition bias of neo-realism
• Do not accept that states are motivated by only
  relative gains
• Hold that the emphasis on cheating is exaggerated
  
• Mature anarchy thesis- Barry Buzan
• recognize a change away from the preoccupation
  with the national security
• The security community thesis

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Liberal conceptualization of the world politics
after 1989- I

• Liberal Institutionalism
• the international institutions create a framework
  for cooperation within which security competition
  can be mitigated
• the institutionalized cooperation between the
  states strengthens the international peace and
  security
• The EU and NATO after the end of the Cold War

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Liberal conceptualization of the world politics
after 1989- II

• Democratic peace thesis- Michael Doyle and Bruce
  Russett
• democracies tend not to fight each other, because
  of the democratic representation, their
  ideological commitment to human rights
• The transnational interdependence as a factor
• shared democracy contributes to reduce the
  security dilemma

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Liberal conceptualization of the world politics
after 1989- III

• Collective security Charles and Clifford Kupchan
• Regulated and institutionalized balancing/ move
  beyond the self-help world of realism
• Collective security exists under three central
  conditions
• states renunciation of the use of force
• States accommodate the interest of the
  international community
• States overcome fear and learn to trust each other