Studying World Politics: "At our best, we play the role of Cassandra..."
On April 29th, 2007, the AAPSS inducted the Fellows of 2007. The following are excerpts from recipient Robert Keohane's remarks. The conventional view of world politics is a situation of anarchy, resulting from the lack of a common government and hierarchical institutions that command loyalty and monopolize the means to violence. In this so-called “realist” view, multilateral institutions are seen as unimportant since their power is so slight compared to that of states. At the same time, there is a contrasting view, sometimes…
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