IR 002: Lecture 1 Flashcards
What does International Relations mean?
IR is about relationships/interactions
What is one definition of international relations?
International relations is concerned with the political, economic, social, and cultural relations between two countries or among many countries.
What is one definition of international relations?
External relations among nations, states, and people
What is one definition of international relations?
An academic discipline that studies the international system
When was international relations created as a scholarly discipline?
1919, however it has many roots far back in history
When was the Peloponnesian war?
431-404 BC
What two nations fought in the Peloponnesian war?
Athens and Sparta
Why do wars erupt?
Fear, Power Transitions, etc.
Why did the Peloponnesian war erupt?
The rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable
What is a contemporary application of the Peloponnesian war?
The rise of China could create so much fear in the US that war could become inevitable
Who came up with the idea of “just war”
Augustine of Hippo (354-430)
Who was that Italian adviser that studied how to maximize power and influence?
Machiavelli (1469-1527)
who said the quote, State of nature: “man is wolf to man” meaning that individuals need to be protected by a state?
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
Who wrote about the idea of “perpetual peace”?
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
Who is the writer who inspired the communist revolutions and wrote about the “exploited workers vs. capitalist elites”?
Karl Marx (1818-1883)
