TOBY DODGE (the post-colonial state in the international

system; the politics of intervention and regime change;

counterinsurgency; civil war and political violence; Iraq and the
International Relations of the Middle East)
IR -
WHAT WE STUDY But as those relations have become more complex, as
transnational relations have involved multinational companies,
smugglers, refugees, international relations then focuses (focus)
on everything that is above the state, that flows above the
territorial extent of one government`s jurisdiction.
So international relations looks (look) at those crucial decisions:
when to go to war, how war is a waste, why we should or
shouldn`t go to war.
OUR WIDENING AMBIT -
WAR & PEACE Now you and I ultimately give our allegiance to our country, and
our country can ask us in extreme situations to die for it, to go
and fight, to defend it. So, the benefit for the community that we
live in is understanding how we interact with other
communities, (with) other states but also examining the moral
and behavioural dynamics that structure that interaction.
HOW TO STUDY IR I think there are two distinct groups of students. The first, I think,
which (which, I think,) are the most interesting are those who just
want to understand and to use the LSE`s motto: “To understand
the causes of things”, so why across this broad sweep of global
politics, why are these things happening, and that`s pure
intellectual inquiry.
There is another (the other) group of students, equally as large,
who want to go into diplomacy, international relations,
international economic relations, and they want to understand how
the world functions, how international relations functions
(function), how interstate relations functions (function), so they
can get involved and do it better, so you have a pure intellectual
pursuit of understanding, and also the desire to become a states
person, to become a decision-maker and do the job better than
their peers.
IDEALISM\REALISM Star Trek indeed, there is a division straight down the middle of
international relations between what would be called realists and
idealists between the pessimists who think international relations,
interstate relations are set in a certain way that leads directly,
obviously, and repeatedly to state conflict. And all they`re
trying to do then on that basis is to manage and minimise that
conflict.
On the other side, there is a great deal of idealists who believe that
the world can and is moving towards a better place, that you
have greater democracy, greater education, greater understanding
of the ordinary people, of what their leaders are doing in a name,
so restraining them and demanding collaboration and cooperation
between states and not conflicts.
Vocabulary (useful\ to study counterinsurgency вивчати боротьбу з
interesting\unknown) повстанцями
multinational companies транснаціональні корпорації
smugglers and refugees контрабандисти та біженці
territorial extent територіальні межі
government`s jurisdiction юрисдикція (сфера
повноважень) уряду
to give our allegiance присягати на вірність,
зберігати вірність
to die for your country пожертвувати життям заради
країни
interact with other взаємодіяти з іншими
communities and other states спільнотами\організаціями та
державами
the moral and behavioural моральні та поведінкові
dynamics фактори (рушійні сили)
LSE`s motto девіз Лондонської школи
економіки
broad sweep of global politics широкий розмах світової
політики
pure intellectual inquiry\ суто інтелектуальна потреба\
pursuit прагнення
states person держслужбовець
division straight down the поділ міжнародних відносин
middle of international навпіл
relations
to lead directly, obviously, and час від часу точно призводити
repeatedly безпосередньо до державного
конфлікту
to move towards a better place ставати кращим, рухатися в
напрямку покращення
to do in a name робити від (чийогось) імені