TTP Podcast

To kick off this extended sequence on international relations, then, I’m going to spend the next two episodes broadening the discussion on IR theories I introduced last episode – realism, liberalism, constructivism – by first introducing an additional theory this week: Rational Actor Theory.

Since the ascendance of Donald Trump to the Presidency of the United States, there’s been much concern and debate over America’s place in the world. There’s no debate about the fact that America’s post Cold War unipolar moment is over as other powers like China and India rise. However, there’s a great deal of debate