Episode 19: "W" Stands for "Canonical Realist"
Whiskey & International Relations Theory
English - July 31, 2021 00:20 - 47 seconds - 82.9 MBSocial Sciences Science academia international relations theory science social sciences education washington dc Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 18: Name Your Discord Server "and Collaboration"
Next Episode: Episode 20: International Order
PTJ and Dan pick up where they left off – on Chapter 5 of Arnold Wolfers' Discord and Collaboration. There's a lot going on, including a discussion of revisionism, the question of whether "friendship" is possible in world politics, and the distinction between "power" and "influence." They cover classic essays on, for example, the balance of power and "'National Security' as an Ambiguous Symbol." They ask if Wolfers offers an alternative vision of the study of realpolitik... and if that vision is still relevant more than fifty years later.