Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 CHAPTER 2 Power Politics INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Seventh Edition Joshua S. Goldstein

Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 Realism v. Idealism  Simple assumptions can lead to different conclusions about the international system  Are states the most important actors?  Is the world in a state of anarchy?  Who writes the laws on the world stage?

Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 Assumptions of Realism and Idealism

Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 Power  Defining power  Estimating power  Elements of power  Military preparedness  Natural resources  Industrial capacity  Moral legitimacy  Popular support of government

Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 Bargaining  Negotiation  Achieving goals  Reciprocity  Deterrence  Rational actors  Cost-benefit analysis  Game theory  Zero-sum games

Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 Payoff Matrix in India-Pakistan PD Game

Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 The International System  Anarchy  Sovereignty  Balance of power  Great powers  Multipolar system  Bipolar system  Hegemony

Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 Great-Power Shares of World GDP, 2003

Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006 Alliances  Purposes of alliances  Burden sharing  NATO  Warsaw Pact  U.S.-Japanese security treaty  The Nonaligned Movement  Southeast Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO)  Russia and its neighbors