1. power & IR theorıes

2. Power ın ır Power is the ability to do things and to control others
In order to control others, it demands certain resources
such as???

3. Power ın IR Population Territory Natural resources Economic size
Military forces
Information & Technology
Diplomacy
Political stability

4. Power ın ır Besides resources, power also relates to
The issue of convertibility
Soft power resources such as culture, ideology, and institutions

5. Balance of power General assumption:
States will align together to prevent any single state to dominate the others
Bases of this assumption
Anarchy at the international level
2) States are envious about their independence

6. HEGEMONY
The balancing of power does not always prevent the emergence of a dominant state. Hegemony refers to dominance of one state over others Goldstein defines hegemony as “being able to dictate, or at least dominate, the rules and arrangements by which international relations, political and economic, are conducted…Economic hegemony implies the ability to center the world economy around itself. Political hegemony means being able to dominate the world militarily”

7. IR THEORIES: 1. REALISM States are the principal actors
States are the unitary actors
States are rational actors
National security is the most important issue

8. IR THEORIES: 2. pluralısm
Non-state actors are important State is not a unitary actor Skepticism about the rationality of the state Economic and social issues are as important as the military- security issues