Ole Holsti’s “Models of International Relations and Foreign Policy”

Outline

Intro (Holsti’s stated purpose of the article)

(Holsti then says that he will describe three systemic and three decision-making approaches or models or theories used in international relations and foreign policy research. Thus, we assume the article will break down into six main parts and probably a conclusion. So: )

I. Realism

A. Classical: Five core premises:

1. central questions are causes of war and conditions of peace

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