Treatise on Treaties: Recent Episodes
Matthias Hoffjan
This show tries to explain the creation of the international system of politics by examining treaties and agreements over the course of history.
Today, we are going to apply our findings of the first to episodes, and take a look at four major theories of international relations, their assumptions, and their ideas. We will also apply them to a little example.
Timestamps:
00:00-02:25 - Intro
02:25-10:17 - Neo-Realism according to John J. Mearsheimer and Kenneth Waltz
10:17-16:11 - Liberalism according to Andrew Moravcsik
16:11-24:06 - Neoliberal Institutionalism according to Robert Keohane
24:06-28:28 - Social Constructivism according to Alexander Wendt
28:28-End - Outlook and Outro
This time, we will take a closer look at the Peace of Westphalia and the concept of Westphalian Sovereignty. We will talk about the contents of this idea and how it came to pass, as well as the critcism brought up against it. Furthermore, we will take a look at the role of the Peace of Westphalia in the formation of the early system of European states.
Timestamps:
00:00-01:12 - Intro
01:12-04:49 - A short overview of the Peace of Westphalia
04:49-06:04 - Peace through Congress - a new concept
06:04-07:55 - An overview of Westphalian Sovereignty
07:55-16:31 - Compromising the Westphalian Model - Andreas Osiander and Stephen D. Krasner
16:31-19:42 - The Peace of Westphalia and the System of Powers in Europe
19:42-End - Outlook and Outro
Welcome to "Treatise on Treaties"!
In this first episode of the new podcast that tries to explain the history and origin of the international system of politics by analysing historical treaties, we are, after a short introduction into the show, going to discuss the concept of statehood. What is a state? Why and how do states emerge? We will discuss the theory crafted by Francis Fukuyama, and see how states are a result of necessity. Enjoy!
The song I am going to use as an introduction is the "Gigue" out of Georg Friedrich Händel's Suite in D minor, HWV 437, performed by Constantin Stephan. Thank you very much for letting me use this piece of music under creative commons.
Timestamps:
00:17-06:00 - Introduction to the show
06:00-08:00 - Introducing Fukuyama's Theory
08:00-13:00 - Explaining the Theory
13:00-17:00 - States as a result of power-balancing - Typology
17:00-End - Outro