1/26/07
The question is posed: Where is IR reality? Is it intellectual, imaginary, or sensory? There are common metaphors that are used to organize IR-as a a theater, game anarchy, etc...There are actors in a theater, on a World Stage. Uncle Sam, Russian Bear (?) and John Bull were given as examples. Games can be played between nations and can also be likened to childhood games like chicken or king of the hill that symbolize IR. There is anarcy in IR defined on a few different levels. There is also a balance or homeostasia that we have yet to discuss.