Neoclassical Realist Theory of International Politics

Ripsman, Norrin M.; Taliaferro, Jeffrey W.; Lobell, Steven E.

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“…15 Spykman [22]. 16 Ripsman et al [23]. 10 See, e.g., Holbraad [14] and the discussion of how the development of the Scandinavian welfare state conditions the foreign policies of the Nordic countries in Schouenborg [15].…”

Section: Explaining Super Atlanticism: Choosing Niche Strategies In Tmentioning

confidence: 99%

Punching above their weight, but why? Explaining Denmark and Estonia in the transatlantic relationship

Wivel¹,

Crandall²

2019

J Transatl Stud

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This article asks why Denmark and Estonia have eagerly attempted to 'punch above their weight' in the transatlantic relationship since the end of the Cold War and shows how they differ in their strategies to do so. Using neoclassical realism as a theoretical point of departure, the article explains how a combination of changing constraints in the strategic environment and elite interpretations of how these changes affected national security resulted in 'super atlanticist' alliance policies in the two countries. Following this analysis, we discuss the future of super atlanticism.

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Section: Explaining Super Atlanticism: Choosing Niche Strategies In Tmentioning

confidence: 99%

Punching above their weight, but why? Explaining Denmark and Estonia in the transatlantic relationship

Wivel¹,

Crandall²

2019

J Transatl Stud

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“…In order to answer the research question (i) stated above, and thus to give solution to the problem of the analysis of the GA's images and perceptions [17], this subsection will point out the following methodological assignments: (a) assessment of the "consciousness horizon" (including the specific problem of the perception of the geographical space (Raumsinn); (b) analysis of the coherence in the discourse (statist / anti-statist ideology); (c) investigation of the network of relations; (d) examination of the intentions of the GA; (d) exploration of the GA's personality.…”

Section: The Study Of the Geopolitical Agent's Perceptions And Capacimentioning

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Does the Agent Matter? The Geopolitical Agent in Neoclassical Geopolitics

Morgado

2020

SSA

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The neoclassical realist approach considers systemic stimuli (independent), and leader images, strategic culture, state-society relations, and domestic institutions (intervening) as the variables of an explanatory model of foreign policy and international outcomes (dependent variable). Starting from the central assumptions of Ethology and Classical Élites Theory with the purpose of delimitating the agent – the geopolitical agent or the foreign policy executive – this paper aims to reinforce the importance of the intervening variables geopolitical agent’s perceptions and capacities in shaping the geopolitical design and other foreign policy outcomes. The true core of the paper is to expand the scope of geopolitical studies by including the methodological task of studying the geopolitical agent’s perceptions and capacities. In doing so, the matter directly relates to the analysis of both (i) how the geopolitical agent can perceive the geographical space (Raumsinn), and (ii) what can be the geopolitical agent’s capacities in managing resources assigned to the foreign policy. The purpose of the paper is then threefold: (i) conceptual – because it deals with definition of terms and their differentiation, (ii) theoretical – since the paper intends to review the neoclassical realist approach and merge it with geopolitical studies trying to forge a joint approach, and (iii) methodological – as it provides methodological guidelines about the new framework. Therefore, the paper brings the innovation of including insights of the neoclassical realist intervening variables into the geopolitical studies’ framework for a more accurate and enhanced scope of geopolitical analysis in the future.

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“…The following section discusses how IR scholars interpret the emergence of non-state actors on the international scene. In retrospect, classical realists employed the rational/unitary actor model in analysing the making of foreign policies (Ripsman, Taliaferro and Lobell 2016). It was not until the appearance of neoclassical realism that the participation of non-state actors in international relations came to be acknowledged.…”

Section: Emergence Of Non-state Actors In International Relationsmentioning

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Beyond the hinterland: exploring the international actorness of China’s Yunnan province

Yao

2019

International Relations of the Asia-Pacific

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The scholarly literature on paradiplomacy has tended to focus overly on subnational governments in federal systems rather than those in unitary and centralized countries. However, it is important to note that some subnational governments in these countries have been increasingly proactive in international relations (IR). This study explores the paradiplomatic activities of Yunnan, a province in the south of China which, since the early 1990s, has actively engaged in cross-border cooperation. Combining the concept of paradiplomacy with the theory of actorness, this study first argues that Yunnan has been incentivized to conduct paradiplomacy through the decision of Beijing to open China’s borders; the inefficiency of the central government in managing border-related issues; and the interprovincial competition over economic and diplomatic clouts in the Mekong subregion. Second, this study argues that Yunnan’s new external affairs powers have been consolidated by a host of new opportunities stemming from the external environment. Third, it argues that Yunnan’s new external affairs powers have enabled it to leverage two broad instruments (infrastructure development and economic statecraft) to make neighboring countries more dependent on cooperation with it. And finally, it is argued that Yunnan’s role as an IR player has been acknowledged both by neighboring countries and by Beijing.

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Neoclassical Realist Theory of International Politics

Cited by 310 publications

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Punching above their weight, but why? Explaining Denmark and Estonia in the transatlantic relationship

Punching above their weight, but why? Explaining Denmark and Estonia in the transatlantic relationship

Does the Agent Matter? The Geopolitical Agent in Neoclassical Geopolitics

Beyond the hinterland: exploring the international actorness of China’s Yunnan province

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