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International Relations Theory Debates and Development within International Relations Theory GYÖRGY László, PhD assistant professor Budapest University of Technology and Economics http://english.www.bme.hu/ [email protected] 1. The development of IR thinking 2. 1st debate 3. 2nd debate 4. 3rd debate 5. 4th debate 6. Which theory to choose The Development of IR Thinking Historical context: Development and change of sovereign statehood Theoretical dicussion between IR scholars: Major debates Other disciplines (philosophy, history, economics, law, etc.) New insights and new methods influence IR Four Debates of International Relations Theory Liberalism vs Realism Humanistic, historical approach Methodological debate: vs Behaviouralism/ Positivism Neoliberalism/Neorealism vs Neo-Marxism vs New voices (Post-positivism) Established traditions(Neorealism/ Neoliberalism/ International Society/IPE) 1. The development of IR thinking 2. 1st debate Utopian liberalism and the realist response 3. 2nd debate 4. 3rd debate 5. 4th debate 6. Which theory to choose (Utopian) Liberalism Woodrow Wilson. Origins of IR after the First World War Aim: never let this happen again Wilsonianism: fourteen-point programme to establish a world ‘safe for democracy’ 1.End of secret diplomacy 2.Freedom of navigation on the seas and barriers of free trade should be removed 3.Armaments should be reduced 4.Self-determination of peoples 5.League of Nations 6.Democracy promotion: the power of public scrutiny, liberal democracy and cooperation can hinder wars ? (Utopian) Liberalism Norman Angell. The Great Illusion (1909) war is not beneficial territorial conquest is extremely expensive and politically divisive because it severely disrupts international commerce ? Achievements of Liberalism League of Nations was established Great powers took steps to assure each other of their peaceful intentions Kellogg-Briand pact of 1928 Failures of Liberalism US Senate refused to join the League of Nations. Germany, Russia not involved. Japan quits. France and Britain never accepted the rules of the League of Nations Peace was not based on wilsonian (liberal) principles, but rather on great power politics and revenge aims of the French. Wilson: peace without victory. Reality: victory without peace. The Wall Street crash of October 1929 made an end of ‘rational cooperation’ and opened the era of ‘rational rivalry’ Realism and the Twenty Years’ Crisis E.H. Carr: The Twenty Years’ Crisis (1964 (1939)) There are profound conflicts of interest both between countries and between people (haves and have-nots) Terms: idealism vs. realism Realism and the Twenty Years’ Crisis Hans J. Morgenthau: Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace (1948) 1. Human nature at the base of international relations (Einstein and Freud, Christian religion) Humans are self-interested and power seeking 2. Nature of international relations Struggle for power No world government - international anarchy Peace is achievable when balance of power exists 3. Cyclical view of history (same mistakes again and again as long as sovereign states are dominant in international relations) First Major Debate in IR Utopian liberalism Realist response 1920s 1930s-1940s-1950s Focus: Focus: international law power politics (balance of power) security aggression conflict war international organization interdependence cooperation peace cyclical view of history progressive view of history 1. The development of IR thinking 2. 1st debate 3. 2nd debate Traditionalism vs Behaviouralism 4. 3rd debate 5. 4th debate 6. Which theory to choose Second Major Debate in IR Traditional approaches Behaviouralist response Focus: Focus: understanding: Theorists inside the subject explaining: Theorists outside subject norms and values judgement historical knowledge holistic approach consideration of the complexity of the human world intuition hypothesis collect empirical data scientific knowledge influence of natural sciences NORMATIVE POSITIVE 1. The development of IR thinking 2. 1st debate 3. 2nd debate 4. 3rd debate Neoliberalism/neorealism vs neo-Marxism 5. 4th debate 6. Which theory to choose Neoliberalism: Institutions and Interdependence Neoliberalism: progress and cooperation Sociological liberalism Cross-border flows, common values Interdependence liberalism Transactions stimulate cooperation Institutional liberalism International institutions, regimes Republican liberalism Liberal democracies living in peace with each other Provides an overall consistent argument for more peaceful and cooperative international relations describing the progression in the West, but says nothing about the East-West confrontation Neorealism: Bipolarity and Confrontation Kenneth Waltz: Theory of International Politics (1979) Simple theory explaining ‘few big important things’ Focus on the structure Anarchy International system is composed of like units The only thing that matters is relative power 1.Great powers will always tend to balance each other 2.Smaller and weaker states will have a tendency to align themselves with great powers in order to preserve the maximum autonomy 3.States are power-seeking and security-conscious because the structure of the international system compels them to be that way Neorealism: Bipolarity and Confrontation Neorealists do not deny the possibility of cooperation but only for the sake of maximizing their relative power and autonomy Supportive historical events (1980s): Rivalry between the USA and Soviet Union (Reaganera) Decline in US relative power: ‘trade wars’ between the Western Democracies Neoliberalism vs Neorealism And the winner is: ... International Society (The English School) METHODOLOGICAL FOCUS MAIN ELEMENTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM Understanding 1. Power, national interest (realist) Judgement 2. Rules, procedures, international law (liberal element) Machtstaat vs Rechtsstaat Values Norms and historical knowledge Theorists inside the subject Martin Wight 3.Universal human rights, one world for all (cosmopolitan element) Anarchical Society Focus on statesman Hedley Bull E.g.: UN, “power and law” 1.power: Security Council (USA, Russia, China, France, Britain) veto power 2.law: General Assembly - one state one vote principle 3.cosmopolitan, solidarist element: promotion of human rights Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) • defines the basic civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights International Political Economy (IPE) 1970s: Third World countries started to press for changes in the international system to improve their economic position. (neo-Marxism emerged to attempt to theorize about economic underdevelopment in the Third World) Who gets what in the international economic and political system The Three Views of IPE Neo-Marxism/ Structuralism Capitalist class uses its power to exploit and oppress the working class (Marx) Neo-marxists extend that analysis to the Third World Third World countries are subject to unequal exchange Only a few can ‘move upwards’ Capitalism is a hierarchy based on exploitation of the poor by the rich, and it will remain until it is replaced Liberal view of IPE Human prosperity can be achieved by the free global expansion of capitalism Based on Adam Smith and his followers Free markets, private property, individual freedom Realist view of IPE Economic activity should be put in the service of building strong state and supporting the national interest (Friedrich List - historical school of economic development) Mercantilist (economic nationalist) type approach Wealth is an instrument of creation of national security and national welfare Third Major Debate in IR Neo-Marxism Realism/neorealism Focus: Liberalism/neoliberalism “status quo” theories Capitalist world system Dependency Underdevelopment 1. The development of IR thinking 2. 1st debate 3. 2nd debate 4. 3rd debate 5. 4th debate Mainstream theories vs new approaches 6. Which theory to choose Fourth Major Debate in IR Established traditions New voices Realism/neorealism Liberalism/neoliberalism International Society International Political Economy Post-positivist methodologies (How to approach IR?) e.g.: social constructivist argue that the international system is constituted by ideas not material power Post-positivist issues (Which issues should be considered the most important ones?) e.g.: international terrorism, environment, gender, sovereignty, changes in statehood Which Theory....? Either the question is not meaningful: how to compare different games, played by different people Or can we make ‘player of year’ based on the following criteria? Coherence Clarity of exposition Unbiased Scope Depth "I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the civilized world no longer a Government by free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a Government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men." Established FED on 23rd December 1913 •Independent from gov. •We don’t know who the owners are •Regulates the money supply of the banking system and the economy through the interest rate ~Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the USA, in 1916 Laszlo Gyorgy, [email protected] - http://mono.eik.bme.hu/~gyorgy/ "The government should create, issue, and circulate all the currency and credit needed to satisfy the spending power of the government and the buying power of consumers. By the adoption of these principles the taxpayers will be saved immense sums of interests. The privilege of creating and issuing money is not only the supreme prerogative of government, but it is the government's greatest creative opportunity." ~Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the USA Assassinated, 1865 Laszlo Gyorgy, [email protected] - http://mono.eik.bme.hu/~gyorgy/ “Whoever controls the volume of money in our country is absolute master of all industry and commerce...when you realize that the entire system is very easily controlled, one way or another, by a few powerful men at the top, you will not have to be told how periods of inflation and depression originate.” ~James Garfield, 20th President of the USA Assassinated, 1881 Laszlo Gyorgy, [email protected] - http://mono.eik.bme.hu/~gyorgy/ “We are grateful to The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost forty years. It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subject to the bright lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is now much more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supranational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national autodetermination practiced in past centuries.” David Rockefeller, Trilateral Commission meeting, June, 1991 John F. Kennedy Secret Society Speech E.g.: UN, “power and law”