Introduction to International Relations
Lecture 03: Perceptions and Misperceptions of Realism
Part II: The Theoretical and Historical Weaknesses of Realism
Dr. Michael Rossi
Department of Political Science
Rutgers University
September 14, 2015
Music: David Hasselhoff, "Looking for Freedom", Live at Berlin Wall, December 31, 1989
https://youtu.be/0zXiClnK8oE
Chapter markers:
0:19 - Introducing John Mearsheimer's article "Back to the Future" (1990)
4:28 - The International System in 1990
7:25 - Predictions of the Post-Cold War World
14:54 - Nuclear Proliferation?
17:47 - Differences in Polarity
22:21 - Theoretical Weaknesses of Realism
24:27 - Human Agency
27:23 - Historical Subjectivity
30:36 - Prelude to Liberalism
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