Constructivism in International Relations: How Ideas Shape Global Politics 🌍

The failure to predict and explain the end of the Cold War from the other major IR theories at the start of the 1990s gave rise to Constructivism. The theory's main idea is that international relations is a social construct, governed by identities, ideas, norms, and discourse. Unlike realism and liberalism, constructivists view IR as dynamic and changeable.

In this video, learn how ideas shape IR and global politics.
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00:00 Introduction
01:08 Anarchy
01:51 Balance of Threat
03:02 Discourse and Identity
04:32 Norms in IR
06:32 Conclusion

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