Tag
Anarchy
Entries tagged anarchy.
5 entries
Constructivism in International Relations
Anarchy is what states make of it: the interests, threats, and structures of world politics are built out of shared ideas and identities, not fixed by material power alone.
10 min
ConceptNeoliberal Institutionalism
Self-interested states, though they answer to no world government, can still cooperate because institutions cut the costs and risks of dealing with one another.
9 min
TraditionPolitical Realism
The tradition that treats international politics as a struggle for power among states in a world with no ruler above them, where survival, not virtue, is the first law.
12 min
ConceptStructural Realism
State behavior is driven by the structure of an anarchic system and the distribution of power within it, not by human nature or the kind of regime a state has.
10 min
ConceptThe Security Dilemma
Under anarchy, the steps a state takes to make itself safer can make others less safe, so they arm in reply and everyone ends up more exposed, even when no one intended harm.
8 min