Key Thunkers

Question 1

Who are key thinkers in realism and what were their theories?

Answer 1

Thomas Hobbes - People need strong authority to avoid chaos — like states needing power in IR.

Example: Military alliances for protection (e.g. NATO).

Kenneth Waltz - States behave based on the structure of the international system, not human nature.

Example: U.S.–China rivalry reflects bipolar balancing.

Question 2

Who are key thinkers in liberalism and what were their theories?

Answer 2

John Locke - Humans are rational and capable of peaceful cooperation.

Example: Creation of the EU to prevent war in Europe.

Robert Keohane - Institutions help states cooperate even in an anarchic system.

Example: WTO helps resolve trade disputes peacefully.

Question 3

Neo realist key thinkers?

Answer 3

Waltz

Mearsheimer

Question 4

Neo liberal key thinkers?

Answer 4

Keohane

Nye

Susan Strange

Question 5

Key thinkers of feminism?

Answer 5

Cynthia Enloe

V. Spike Peterson

Question 6

Post colonialism key thinkers?

Answer 6

Edward Said

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Spivak

Bhabha