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Introducing IR:

Current State of theDiscipline

Mohammad Towheedul IslamDepartment of International Relations

25 October 2014

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Issues To Be Covered

Definition

Nature

Scope Important Events/Perios in IR

!"eories # $et"os

%ctors

&evels of %nal'sis

(ontemporar' Issues in IR

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UNGA

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Boming of Nagasa!i

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T"o #artime $eaders

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%&icial 'isits of $eaders

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National (lection)

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UN ASG

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$imon*s Case)

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Collapse of Rana +la,a)

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+rotest in %-ford Street.$ondon

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IR in %ur $ives

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De/ning IR Essentialist Definition)

IR is t"e stu' of relations amon* (inter)sovereign states+!"is is a ,state-centric. efinition+ R $ansbac" 200

!"ose relations are unerstoo primaril' in diplomatic, militaryan strategic terms+

Inclusive Definition) IR is t"e stu' of t"e interactionsamon* t"e various actors

t"at participate in international politics incluin* states international or*ani3ations non*overnmental or*ani3ations sub-national entities lie bureaucrac' an local

*overnments an

iniviuals 6aren $in*st 1777+

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Nature of IR Protectin* 8national interest9 in an anarc"ic environment+

Secrec' to Openness

State (entrism

Eurocentrism

$ultiisciplinar'/interisciplinar'

(onflict an (ooperation

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Scope of IR IR "as uncertain bounaries

!:o $a;or Subfiels)

International Securit' ar # peace %lliance balance of po:er (ollective Securit' Development of $ilitar' (apabilit' Deterrence

Important t"emes in IR in 1750s 17

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Important (vents0+eriods inIR

Peace of estp"alia 1

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Theories 1 2ethods

!"ree $a;or orl >ie:s (onservative

@ocuses on status Auo relative *ain Realism

&iberal @ocuses on incremental c"an*e absolute *ainiealism neoliberal institutionalism

Revolutionar' @ocuses on revolutionar' c"an*e ;ustice Influence

b' $arBism

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Theories 1 2ethods

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Actors

Inclusive efinition # $ultiple %ctors

!:o (ate*ories

State %ctors C t"e most ominant actors

Non-state %ctors Sub-state %ctors !ransnational %ctors $N(s N?Os terrorist

net:ors I?Os orl =an I$@ Iniviuals

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$evels of Anal3sis

&evels of %nal'sis to cate*ori3e actors anprocesses

@our levels of anal'sis) ?lobal &evel Interstate &evel

Domestic &evel Iniviual &evel

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$evels of Anal3sis

@our levels of anal'sis) ?lobal &evel

Nort"-Sout" ?ap N S'stem !errorism orl Environment (ol ar

Interstate &evel Po:er =alance of Po:er %lliance formation ars !rae Ne*otiation

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$evels of Anal3sis @our levels of anal'sis)

Domestic &evel Nationalism Et"nic conflicts Democrac' Public opinion @orei*n Polic' =ureaucracies =usiness lobb'

Iniviual &evel ?reat leaers Ps'c"olo*' of perception # ecision >alues

Questions: Liberation War of Bangladesh

in 1971?

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Contemporar3 Issues in IR

nipolarit' to $ultipolarit' Rise of ("ina

Interstate ar $D an !errorism

(ivil ar Interventions N Peaceeepin*

operations

?ener uman Ri*"ts an International &a:

?lobal ?overnance !rae an Development

Environmental issues # (limate ("an*e

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