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Boe G28 +2 5 oe our env... 0 spat ou intrsts oef lang rn wth 9 ond fri BOE. ipleyabezdns wales eserantt oon et ee, tena |i pr coms on we ts, Orr rat ne ou oman | artetectervorme | tots reno ene har was nated bythe ancien Grek philosopher Plato (197482, 121), who spoke ofthe abl es Our rales wl probly have o mike consdenble se flies and dee or the good oftheir subjecs: ‘Pr Morgen the het start thus the cleared knowledge th poet ‘eis abd pat ethics no the sae, atthe forme ote ed sould wot be Feed tothe lar, and tthe key ollie and respoosble statecaft to recognize {hs fact power ples ands erat he the bes of Tat involves sera the Sand tt Mace avocnd wel aration a defence of the sate nd the national Interest atch at Haber earned, ‘abo invoires the sisi poli eis asscinte wih response tec espouse setae and saterwomen arent merely fe, ssoverign rues, tea fmenpedent ay They mst in fll owiedge atthe mcilizatlon and exeise of pole power foreign als inevtbly voles moral lenmas, morally ted sts nd sometimes eri acon, Teswareness tha pola ends defendingthe national Aneto during ties ofr) tus someones jstly mol questionable or noaly © tnatedmernafeg the wngeing and bowing of ies) lnsto stuational iis andthe Aes of pole wisdom’ prudence, moderation, judgement, resolve, coreg and 50 on These te the cain tues of pola els. 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Ince, they underline te age mension of ternational es: they ognize the of moral dilnnas in nternatonl plies dt ev actions mist sometines Morgenthau (1985: 4-17) eneapslats Hs IR theory In Sx prin of plial rellsn A conclusion. thie section af thechaper we shal ely reer he, + alts ou in oman ad cgi an a wih aly sleet, ceaiig and ele + Pals ian autonomous sper of action nd cannot threlre be rede eon fics (saat schalats ar prone to do) or tedoced to orl (as Kantian o Hers] theo are prone tod) Sate Fades soul actin aecrdance wih he dictates of pola wisdom, + Senet ia Bas of the human cndtin: al people have a terest ‘mum n ht own sect and suri Pues the rena forthe expenson af hose feueress wich are tound wo come nt colic sono er Inert pole snaen of conflicting riateintrente, Dt reste are not a: the wold isin Bs aad Incr change ver tine ad ver pace Helm a doctrine that esgdeto the fet ofa changing poi ray. 1 The ce of iterutonal rations pole or sonal tie which i veny ile rom este moray A poll eader doesnot ae the sae fesdom to do therlghtsng thaa pate cz ns That isecause a poll ede sa heaviet. ‘sponte than apie cen: the eri respon the peopl pial of ‘isor er country wo depend on fm oer he leer epost fr thee ec and weve. The responsible state leader sol reno todo the est bath, 0 othe best dat eretstnes om hat pclae day permit That emai iti choke the nonnative het of ei ci. ton fot + Reais therelore opposed tthe Me thx pricul aons—even get democratic non chaste Ute Sintes—ean imps ther iol on ote tons ad can poy tne power in erdes to do tat Relate oppor tht Benue hey se eae 4 Aangeous net dat testes ntrntonal peace and security Uma could acl and rete thecrsaing cout, + Suatecalt is «sober and uninspiring activity that involves a profound svareness of hums lniations and bua imperecnn That pessimist nome of human Tinga they ae an ot ar we might wish the ob alc cath hat esa the ‘ear of retinal police | Bescon) ntnsendconnsd” atau fp Aeine toned Powerplics + paeslenes trans oe) | + setae + Pbtcaioower + Horanneczete esi ta) ks rite + Boos apo temp siteg Sell we ‘Si sonton bs tte eaten tea wake Schelling and Strategic Realism Chase and ncclslalrlts—inddng, Thucyes, Machine, Hotes and Mongentsuprovie a normsive analyses well arm empiral analy OTR Powe i sndestoodwbe nt only of polit if but sos mater of pail respons Indeed, power and respon ae imeprabe concep Fer example te bance af ower isnatmerly an empl satement tou the way ht wold poi walle to ‘perce. The Bane of poner i also alse valu: elma goa a gid to ‘esponile atecralt onthe yur of the lees of the get powers In other won, or asics the balance of power isa dsb neti rd good ing tse or brease i prventshegeonie world domination by any one great power ups the bist values of merationa peace and sees, ‘Since te 1950s and 196 new realiet aponhes have merged which tes poduct of ‘the behavioural evolution andthe quest fora post socal science of IR. Many ‘contemporary rests eet provide an mpl analye f work poli a thy hold ‘ck fom providing » nomatve analysis of wold poles cst tht dened to be sbjective and thas unscienfc. That tide othe sty oar in wor plies are ‘ fundanenol divide betes clasicl pd eos rete onthe on hn ond cor- temporary seat realise snd neoreaiat o the other Ins scion we hl eae strategic reais which exemple by the hough of Thomas Schelling (190, 1596). Seteing dss ac paymuchatention othe armatve sepect a elem, aihogh be does oie the peseace i he elground, In the next seston we shall tro neoresin which isasocned most dosy with Keath Wak (079), Walt tend to gnore the orate spec of elisn. Stele rasa focuses cenallyonfoegn plc desion making, When st leaders coffon se dplomate sa mikey tess they ae blige to tink sategicaly te instrumental Oey hope to be succatl, Shelling (198, 1896) ss to provide snalycal os for sate thought He we plomacy an focgn policy ei dt fhe gren powers and parts the Unie Stara instrament dat «a be mn deeply des bythe appli of orm af lapel enlace pe "theory Ge weblinks 3.09 nd 3.10). He sumeatzeshis though a shown Box 310 ‘A cena concep thi Scheling employee of het: is analyse concer How sxtespeope can deal rato wh the et sed danger of cleat wt. For esate ‘iting abatmulear deterence Seheling (1980 6-7) ake the impotent oberon th thet ff mun vast may cent on wha steraves ae eal fo the ‘tnt ner ho hee nt tet ie 4 taped fan, must a ane rie ‘recourse Wa have come to reals tht est of sl etalon. lates ose? ‘course of aon an fresh o choose wn etre nd mayne Hi fo ste feet “This ia good example of negra which basicly concerns how to employ power ietligety in onde to gt oar alia adversry to do what we dese ad, more Frporsny to avoid doing what we fea. Te teens om Pestdent Kenedy tn 1963 (Gor 3.1) give an example ofthe ned for tein Deweensconpy aed nuclest powers Tor Sclng the activ of frig policy echoes inant ond hse from mor ceie Ils not pinay concerned shoo wha gooder what sight 1s prinar- fy concemed with the quo: wht i ued for oue ply to be sees? These ‘questions a easy sir ohare posed above by Macs eel (1880) sent fies an vets with shar night various mechanisms, sages and moves whic, sf followed bythe principe! scto, could generate collaboration and avad distr In a confer iden word of mseacarmned ste But Selig does ot bass instumenta Snags on an undetyng pel or ce eis he way that Machel does The ‘ormatve vals a stake foreign poly ae Ingelycaen or granted. That mats = import ide between cecal an neous raier onthe on and and cote potry stg realem nd neve onthe other. ‘One oft cal instants f free poly fora reat owes ie the United Stes, is that of sme fore. Andone othe charters concer of stg she we ‘aed fice in foreign polio: Sceling eons considerable thought this se. He Choerves (1996 165-70) tat the san mportrt distinction between tute ore and ercon- me king wat on want and mang someone gietio yu: He goes ono otc tht ue fore sucstér when used, whereas the power to he ismost sucess: {atwhen eld ia ecrve ste thea of daage.thatan ake smenoe eld or om He ws tat make th eof our cores appartseffeive we pod ono ‘what an adversary renner ad what sare enfte and we alo redo commana ‘ery thin what wills thevolenee tobe ficted fon him] and wht wl xsi eat Sceling gots on to mat fondest elt point for coesion tote elie 83 Foreign polly sequires tat our terest aloo opponent tees) a ot absctely ‘opposed. crnionreguisfindings bra. Cosion ca elodt bap an avers yin tpg lon and geting he adverse todo wat we wantin or he» rare se Siploma se, ora ewe wand uel saves here eae i micsmretouseveanonncan ‘tale ers asap sonst towox no conten mde | [ peorape teenie ctnincteiersteepaen ts oes prorain ecmreicenreeere tag [Srcscrtes cos entvoe renee ra tee | mantener Somrmai tempest onesies oe oe [ crmocurolatnd garepenecdete be wes "Starsoueetsoratecens bats te eto ome | eis and tothe mens by whch thove dterences canbe reslved. nd ifwe cannot eo our Sa ewctawrnereomonroe easy an Win: is prof neta pw wr de gy | isnot we ros ras wc tees ne stn | | toe nt somes detorhpingod vo. Vs ee | bs tnennasonncfiegh amen toons omental ‘i,m nt ant ho en wats yn enone wh “foro sora. iy smn oar oo aap at” nto ‘Tito hin ay rors tao coo kno [oe Mey sony acne ays aoe owidhottningtcompalit—te deus oes, which usally ar orf, fares eficentand fr more dngroa ewe ike 9.11 and3.12) Schelling (1095: 11) summarizes nase ofthe mater diplomacy of once nb 3.12. ‘Thee obs ae stcthing slates baween the els of Machel nd at of Sebeling, However, unlike Michive the sea seals o Scheling 1960) weully snot pote the eso fmdgn pli met presupposes bi cig goals w= ‘at comet. The noma aspects of leg poy snd the stato of ntligent -saegy ina dangerous world of nelenr-anna sipepowers arntimated by aust et eel ben beneath the suface of stent Selling speaks quite ray af he “iy anderson’ her of sat resea Bethe does noiequze why thathind of elomacy could becaled tor ‘extortonse and he doesnot ay whether ht can be | Jstle,SehellgS eal ie andarenallyciferen from Machiavelli else i that Important eect. ‘ntroductlon wo international Ral -MACHIAVELIS ENASSANCE TERA reverent ‘Srengh antes Oppo ne ewe Senepe renin thar pesapposts ves and cas normative fmpitons, Untke

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