Realpolitik

Saxat från wikipedia:

• The international system is in a constant state of anarchy. There is no actor above states capable of regulating their interactions; states must arrive at relations with other states on their own, rather than it being dictated to them by some higher controlling entity.
  
  
• In pursuit of national security, states strive to attain as many resources as possible.
  
  
• States are rational unitary actors each moving towards their own national interest. There is a general distrust of long-term cooperation or alliance.
  
  
• The overriding 'national interest' of each state is its national security and survival.
  
  
• Relations between states are determined by their levels of power derived primarily from their military and economic capabilities.
  
  
• The interjection of morality and values into international relations causes reckless commitments, diplomatic rigidity, and the escalation of conflict.
  
  
• Sovereign states are the principal actors in the international system and special attention is afforded to large powers as they have the most influence on the international stage. International institutions, non-governmental organizations, multinational corporations, individuals and other sub-state or trans-state actors are viewed as having little independent influence.
  
  

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En fruktansvärt intressant och välskriven bok, som tar sig an mellanösternproblematiken från ett realpolitiskt perspektiv.

Den riktar sig främst till dig som tycker det är, i brist på ett bättre ord, spännande att USA störtade den demokratiska och folkvalda regeringen Mosaddeq i Iran 1953, att USA försåg Irak med vapen, och Israel smugglade vapen till Iran, under Iran - Irak -kriget, och att Iran och USA slogs sida vid sida mot talibanderna i Afganistan 2001.

En fruktansvärt läsvärd bok, för dig som har föresatt dig att ha ett lite större begrepp om mellanöstern än det du blir tvångsmatad med i massmedia.







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