Conversations with History: Institute
of International Studies, UC Berkeley
This interview is part of the Institute's "Conversations
with History" series, and uses Internet technology to share with the public
Berkeley's distinction as a global forum for ideas.
Welcome to a Conversation with History.
I'm Harry Kreisler of the Institute of International Studies. Our guest
today is Robert O. Keohane, who is the James B. Duke Professor of Political
Science at Duke University, and one of the most distinguished theorists
of international relations. He has also taught at Swarthmore College, Stanford,
Brandeis, and Harvard. His publications include After Hegemony, International
Institutions and State Power, Power and Governance in a Partially Globalized
World, Ideas in Foreign Policy, co-edited with Judith Goldstein, and Power
and Interdependence, coauthored
with Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
- Background ... influence of parents
... education ... Shimer College ... Harvard ... focus on international relations
- Being an International Relations Theorist
... making explicit what is implicit ... an unpredictable subject area ...
tackling the puzzle of Realism vs. cooperation ... theorist's temperament
... determination ... learning from other disciplines ... application to the
real world
- Understanding International Institutions
... the importance of confusion ... courage ... cooperation versus harmony
... mutual adjustment to conflict ... trade policy ... reciprocity ... institutionalized
cooperation ... International Organization ... relation to events ...
influence of parents ... conflict versus cooperation ... dialogue between
schools ... missing element of information in Realist theory
- Case Study: Trade Policy ... reducing
uncertainty ... World Trade Organization ... democratic accountability
- Globalization and 9/11 ... defining
globalization ... formal vs. informal violence ... disappointing turn away
from international institutions ... phases of the Bush response ... asymmetry
of information ... importance of soft power
- Advice to Students ... tools to
interpret the human condition ... analytical skills
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