{"id":7,"date":"2014-10-27T17:07:17","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T16:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/lucabellocchio\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-04-27T17:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:55:59","slug":"presentazione","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/lucabellocchio\/","title":{"rendered":"TUTTO \u00e8 POTENZA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cGREAT KILLING POWERS\u201d<\/h2>\n

\"L.<\/a><\/h3>\n

The Rt Hon Cecil John Rhodes… I would annex the planets if I could; I often think of that\u2026<\/h3>\n

It makes me sad to see them so clear and yet so far beyond my grasp \u00a0…<\/h3>\n

A “PHONY WAR” PHASE ?<\/h4>\n

How many degrees of separation in international relations?
\nWhy do nation-states under-expand?
\nWhen do nation-states become assertive?
\nWhy did Russia accept its imperial decline gracefully?
\nWhat about perfectly plausible neorealist explanations for the irrational decision to go to war?
\nDo states form alliances to respond to threats or to power accumulation?\u00a0Balance of power or\u00a0balance of threat?
\nWhat’s the independent variable between international structure and national indentity?
\nMore (wmd) may be better?
\nInternational politics is not foreign policy. What does this entail?
\nWas the Cold War a policy mistake?
\nToward bipolarity or multipolarity?
\nDid most of empires come about by accident or political design?<\/h3>\n

There are 192 member of the United Nations; in the last 150 years there has been an increasing number of nation-states; last but not least, there is no alternative to state-polity. End of nation-states?<\/h3>\n

The TIME FACTOR in international politics: WWI (1914-1918) causes the Crimean War (1853-1856); the end of the Cold War\u00a0changes the goal of Soviet foreign policy in the ‘1920s. What does that mean?
\nThe key to determine the polarity of an international system is figuring out how many great powers there are around the globe, and that depends on how we define power. What’s national power?<\/h3>\n

What’s a small power?
\nIs international system still a useful concept for explaining state’s behavior?
\nGreat powers feel vulnerable to capabilities that they lack and others have. Over time they will, if they can, act to reduce those vulnerabilities. What are the most vunerable great powers\u00a0nowadays?
\nTo determine whose theory is right we need to find the appropriate time-line. The question is not whether new powers will rise and balance, but: when?
\nWhere are the carriers?
\nWhat’s a “special relationship”?
\nParliament will remain ultimately sovereign on all matters, whether devolved or not.<\/h3>\n

Why is\u00a0Land Grabbing inevitable from a geopolitical point of view?<\/h3>\n

Who are the TAFTIAN-REALISTS?<\/h3>\n

What’s off-shore balancing?<\/h3>\n

The United States should prevent the alliance between Russia and Germany.<\/h3>\n

Ukraine\u00a0crisis and the Intermarium option.<\/h3>\n

Who would die for the EU?<\/h3>\n

Turning Ukraine\u00a0into a buffer neutral state?<\/h3>\n

What’s sovereignty? Can sovereignty be pooled, devolved or divided?
\nThere are no confederations today. Why?
\nDo democracies fight each other?
\nFrom ethnic group to nation. When and how?
\nWhen are ethnic groups likely to influence Us foreign policy?
\nPeople’s right to self-determination?
\nWhy does the Arab-Israeli dispute prove so intractable?
\nA scramble for Arctic resources?
\nThe new US embassy in Baghdad is the greatest all over the world. American withdrawal from Iraq?
\nEnvironmental warfare? Weather warfare?
\nWhat’s a historical fact?<\/h3>\n

\u00a0IF YOU ARE NOT AT THE TABLE ,<\/strong><\/h1>\n

YOU’LL BE ON THE MENU<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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