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Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye have described international relations as exhibiting 'complex interdependence'. What do they mean by this? How accurate a picture is it of the contemporary world arena?
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Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye have described international relations as exhibiting 'complex interdependence'. What do they mean by this? How accurate a picture is it of the contemporary world arena? Keohane and Nye's theory of complex interdependence is a theory which tries to give an opposing view to the realist theories which have dominated world politics since the turn of the century. At the time of writing the cold war was dominating the contemporary world arena and this is evident in the authors writing. Complex interdependence is a liberal theory, it is my view that the arena we see today falls in the middle ground between the realist's 'soldiers and diplomats' and Keohane and Nye's ideal type of international system. The vital point of disagreement between Keohane and Nye's view and realist views is that they believe that military force does not take priority over other issues due to the costs...
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