Write an essay to answer one of the questions below:
- Compare and contrast Liberalism and Realism. Which, if either, is more suited for an analysis of international politics?
- Discuss the following statement by Wendt: ‘anarchy is what states make of it’.
- What does it mean that the state is a gendered organization of power? Discuss with reference to Feminism.
- Are states merely the instrument of the dominant economic class? Discuss with reference to Marxist theories of international relations.
- To what extent can post-colonialism explain the Arab Spring?
- Discuss the following statement with reference to poststructuralism: ‘identities have no fixed meanings but are constituted in language’.
Guidance:
You are being tasked with writing an essay to answer one of the above essay questions.