How States Think – The Rationality of Foreign Policy
How States Think – The Rationality of Foreign Policy A groundbreaking examination of a central question in international relations: Do states act rationally?To understand world politics, you need to…
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How States Think – The Rationality of Foreign Policy
A groundbreaking examination of a central question in international relations: Do states act rationally?To understand world politics, you need to understand how states think. Much of international relations theory assumes that they are. Are states rational?
The issue is crucial for both the study and practice of international politics, for only if states are rational can scholars and policymakers understand and predict their behavior.John J. But many scholars believe that political leaders rarely act rationally. Mearsheimer and Sebastian Rosato argue that rational decisions in international politics rest on credible theories about how the world works and emerge from deliberative decision-making processes.
Using these criteria, they conclude that most states are rational most of the time, even if they are not always successful. Mearsheimer and Rosato make the case for
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