1. KYLE IR 101

2. WHAT IS IT?

3. DEFINITION Study of international events and actors.

4. ACTORS State- monopoly on the legitimate use of force, mutually recognized Provide public goods, collect taxes Uni, Bi, and multipolar Non-State- recent trend

5. LEGIT

6. IMPORTANCE Critical in the international realm- determines security guarantees and cooperation Authority is power with legitimacy

7. EXAMPLES Some states? Some in contention- Palestine, Iraq in 05 Failed states- Somalia 90’s, Afgan 05

9. SOVEREIGNTY Defines a state Highest political Highest political authority No other unit has coercive authority

10. POWER Market Cultural Military

11. GLOBALIZATION International economic and otherwise interdependence Free trade vs. protectionism International development Liberal values Democratic peace Transnational Threats

13. NON STATE NGO- charities, political groups, turrrrrits International Org- UN, IMF, World Bank Multinational Corp

14. CONFLICT Iter vs. Intra State conflict

15. NEO-REALISMNEO-LIBERAL INSTITUTIONALISM CONSTRUCTIVISM NATURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM Anarchy (No international security mechanism) Anarchy (No international mechanism to enforce agreements) Socially Contingent/Socially Constructed KEY ACTOR(S) States Plural (States, Corporations, International Organizations, NGOs) Shared Ideas KEY INTEREST(S) Security/Survival Preferences (individual utility to the state) Define Core Ideas Cooperate on Shared Interests

17. POPULAR DISCUSSION Terrorism Org Crime Arab/Israel India/Pakistan Ethic Conflict Failed States U.S./China Global Economy Proliferation Resources Human Rights Democracy And more….

18. DOMESTIC IMPLICATIONS Historical Slant to Intervention The foreign policy of the Founders Domestic freedoms