> in english please the theory of international relations (as well as political theory) is divided into 2 main branches: realism and idealism. realism explains state behaviour and interests based on human nature. idealism explains it based on "how things could be, rather than how things are". communist ideas are also part of idealism (where they assumed that human nature is plastic and can be molded into anything you want, therefore desire to accumulate personal capital is be eradicated through human nature through education). eu was built on neofunctionalist theory, which seeks to create peace in europe by gradually eradicating nation-states and national pride. since functionalism deemed "nationalism" to be the core of all wars, therefore to stop wars - you need to get rid of nations. hence, eu was built based on an idealist theory, which disregards human nature, and attemps to reshape human nature through policies. (same as communists tried) us policy is based on "end of history" manta, which deems globalisation and liberal-democracy as the "final state of human existence", and therefore to achieve global prosperity and peace, you must force every country to become a liberal democracy and become part of the global community. ^ this is also an idealist theory, because it rejects every country's natural inclinations to build a political system which feels most natural to them. russia's politics, and chinese politics today (especially in international relations) are based on classical realism, which prioritizes own survival but allows other states to live as they wish, as long as their actions or behaviour does not directly harm the safety or economy of russia and china.
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