Wednesday 14 October 2009

IR Theories - Why theorising?

In seminar, we have talked about the importance of theories in international relations. We have discussed several points, but what I would like to fo further something, which is the fact that the IR academic began while analysing the causes of the First Wold War. Knowing that after that war came another world ward, is it still relevant to say that?
In my point of view, I would say that wars are not avoided because people know that due to this or that theory certain things would happend... But because nowadays, due to the History and certainly to the mechanism of globalisation, each contry has interest in different places and therefore that has bring a certain neutralization (or stability) in the world. Saying this maybe implies to take into account the rise of nuclear weapons, as well as international, reginal and bilateral agreements.
What do you think?

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