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That isnt how international relations works. Lesson based on contemporary IR Systems Realism: >Great powers are forced to manage the international system, or b
by PlatoIsADisease 9mo ago
That isnt how international relations works. Lesson based on contemporary IR Systems Realism:
>Great powers are forced to manage the international system, or become a client of a great power. There are benefits to being a great power.
>When 1 great power builds weapons, everyone else is forced to too. This is called the Arms Race.
>Colonialism is one example of the Arms Race. If you didn't join the party, you were going to lose.
>Great powers put international politics above domestic politics. Its why we see the US do things like spend heavily on the military and get involved in unpopular wars.
- asdff 9mo agoColonialism arguably ruined the Spanish economy.
- moomoo11 9mo agoThe discussion was about redcoat era Britain.
- PlatoIsADisease 9mo agoThe physics of anarchy hasnt changed.
- MrJobbo 9mo agoIR Systems Realism is bullshit.
- PlatoIsADisease 9mo agoYeah? Whats a better model?
- MrJobbo 9mo agoThrowing darts at a map would be better.