Category Archives: International Relations Theory

Perceiving Indonesian approaches to international relations theory

Leonard C. Sebastian and Irman G. Lanti The study of international relations remains a reflection of a discipline that was self-consciously centred on North America and, to a lesser degree, the UK and Western Europe. The issue of whether international relations remains ‘an American social science’ or an international discipline and the implications of one’s answer [...]
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The New Politics of Islam

With the end of the Cold War and the unfolding of unprecedented acts of transnational terror on September 11, representing perhaps new civilizational cleavages, Islam has attained renewed prominence in Western political reflections. Too often viewed from ethnocentric or sensationalist perspectives, how is Islam, as a strategic entity, to be understood in contemporary world politics? The [...]
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Theory and Evidence

Mark Irving Lichbach In their debate on neopositivism, while Kratocwil danced with relativism, Pollins stressed the value of positivism to qualitative researchers, and Hopf recognized the importance of making interpretations more rigorous. Listening to their stimulating debate, Chernoff tried to clarify the nature of naturalism, and Waldner probed the idea of causal mechanisms. Trying to understand the implications of the debate [...]
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International Relations

Disiplin Hubungan Internasional menurut kamus terbaru International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ed William A. Darity INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS International relations (IR) is the study of relationships among the actors of international politics. Such actors include nation-states, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and multinational corporations. The field is also sometimes called international politics, international studies, or international affairs. In the United States, IR is a [...]
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Teori-teori Hubungan Internasional

Untuk mengetahui sekilas mengenai teori-teori hubungan internasional khususnya ketika sedang menulis skripsi, link Teori-Teori Hubungan Internasional. Pada prinsipnya ada beberapa teori. 1. Realisme ealism makes several key assumptions. It assumes that nation-states are unitary, geographically-based actors in an anarchic international system with no authority above capable of regulating interactions between states as no true authoritative world government exists. Secondly, it assumes that sovereign states, [...]
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Doktrin Strategi Perang Dingin dan Sesudahnya

    Doktrin Strategi Perang Dingin dan Sesudahnya   Oleh Asep Setiawan               Kehadiran senjata nuklir dalam hubungan internasional telah mengubah tatanan dunia. Sejak bom atom dijatuhkan di Hirosima dan Nagasaki masing-masing 6 dan 9 Agustus oleh Amerika Serikat, banyak doktrin perang dan strategi hubungan internasional berubah. Senjata pamungkas ini mengubah wajah perang menjadi kehancuran umat manusia.             Gambaran jamur raksasa [...]
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