The Immaterial Factors in International Politics and Geopolitics: The Impact of Identity

1. Cost vs benefits

1. Humans act rationally because it is the smartest thing to do
   1. Are States rational?
      1. Material aspects of power
         1. You can mesure them
      2. YES

1. The problem of international institutions
   1. They exists because states want them to exist
      1. Powerful states
   2. Fill the gap of the Prisoners Dilemma
      1. The parts have access to each other and to information
      2. Way to monitor the other countris
      3. Limit costs by sharing the burden with others
      4. Way to build up trust
2. Also based on Rat's choice
   1. All states want survival
   2. World of black boxes
   3. The only difference between them is power

1. Agent
2. Structures/ Context
3. Both constants are always undergoing change

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• Read: The Social Construction of  the International System

1. 3 TYPES
   1. Hobbesian type of anarchy
      1. States compete with one another in a "state of nature"
   2. Locke's anarqy
      1. Common rules that regulate some aspects of reality
      2. States collaborate only in some things
   3. Kantian anarchy
      1. States not only collaborate but have common norms

1. Depends on the kind of interaction you have with reality