Systemic pressures and domestic ideas: a neoclassical realist model of grand strategy formation

Kitchen, Nicholas ORCID: 0000-0001-8784-9012 (2010) Systemic pressures and domestic ideas: a neoclassical realist model of grand strategy formation. Review of International Studies (2010), pp. 117-143. Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Scholars in international relations have long known that ideas matter in matters of international politics, yet theories of the discipline have failed to capture their impact either in the making of foreign policy or the nature of the international system. Recent reengagement with the insights of classical realists has pointed to the possibility of a neoclassical realist approach that can take into account the impact of ideas. This article will suggest that the study of grand strategy can enlighten the intervening ideational variables between the distribution of power in the international system and the foreign policy behaviour of states, and thus constitute the key element in a neoclassical realist research agenda.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJourna...
Additional Information:	© 2010 British International Studies Association
Divisions:	IGA: LSE IDEAS
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations
Date Deposited:	08 Apr 2010 08:59
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 20:00
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/27670

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