Realism, Liberalism, and Constructivism

In the morning, we studied for two hours at the Cafe on the Avenue.
On Sunday every library opens at 1 p.m. So, we descided to study at the cafe in the morning and at the Asian library in the evening.

In two pictures on the left side, you can see Yuri and Fumi for each picture. Do you see Yuri on the left side of the picture? And Fumi on the right? On every Sunday, we are commuting to this cafe. The best thing for studying here is that we can access to the Internet freely at any Cafe. In Japan, I feel very incovenient to study outside like Cafe because I cannot serch the Web. In contrast, it is very convenient here to study at Cafe or libraries at the UW.

Today I reread Jack Snyder's article 'One World, Rival Theories.'
This article explains three international relations theories in the world. These theories exhibit each distinct characteristics. Please let me remind you and me about each characteristic and flaws. Thw author displays three international relations based on Stephen M. Walt's article 'One World, Many Theories' from Foreign Policy published in 1998. Stephen M. Walt sketched out three dominant theories: Realism, Liberalism, and Constructivism. Briefly, according to Jack Snyder, realism is the school of international relations theory which believes that 'international affairs is a strrugle for power among self-interested states.' What strikes me is that his emphasis on the effectiveness of cruel pragmatism about power. He thinks that it produce a more peaceful world than other ways. In case of liberalism, it is the other school of international relations theory which expect that 'democracies will not attack each other and will regard each other's regimes as legitimate and nonthreatning.' However, it is not always true as you might think so. I forgat to write that realism also has the flaws. One more school of international relations theory is constructivism which believe that 'foreign policy is guided by ethical and legal standards.' In other words, it consider debates about ideas as the fundamental building blocks of internatioinal relations. It is because everything comes from thoughts and theories. However, constructivism also has flaws as same as other schools. It is important to know each frame of theories as a way to look at the tendency for the world politics. In addition, Jack Snyder addresses the pliability of these international relations theories. He introduces Condoleezza Rice's remark that 'the new Bush doctrine is an amalgam of pragmatic realism and Wilsonian liberal theory.' He demands the necessity of filling up the gap each theory is facing now.