International Politics: Theory of Liberal Internationalism

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Introduction
International Relations serve as one of the broadest purposes in the contemporary society.
It is basically a wide range of theories that includes various problems or issues that occur
throughout the world politics. The emergence of the topic of liberal internationalism and
institutionalism as the major alternatives towards the concept of realism in the international
relations theory (IR) theory has furthermore resulted in questioning the validity of the concept of
liberal institutionalism as one of the real alternatives to the concept of realism (Ikenberry, Parmar
and Stokes 2018). The concept of liberal institutionalism argues mainly that importance needs to
be given on the international organizations and the global governance since it is one of the
effective ways for the explanation of the international relations. It is basically a set of concepts
towards the organization of the international relations among states and the non-states that
emphasizes the belief of international progress, co-operation, multilateralism and
interdependence for the organizations and the structures of international politics (Heraclides and
Dialla 2017). The assignment illustrates the basic theoretical structure of the theory of
international relations and furthermore highlights the possible areas of strength and weakness of
the approach.
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Some of the key concepts in the theory of international relations; the institutionalism and
the internationalism are the emerging issues that furthermore pose as the dominant challenges
towards the analysis of the affairs of the world. Liberalism, the word emphasizes a powerful
approach among the period of wars. The main target of the concept of liberalism was to
strengthen the co-operation in the international basis together with the successful prevention of

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the wars. Founded by Immanuel Kant, the theory of liberal internationalism explains that peace
in the area of international filed is not at all neutral in nature (Jahn 2018). This theory arose from
the classification that the existence of the wars has been due to the lack of any central authority
for enforcing any rules.
The concept of liberal internationalism deals with both the co-operation of the interstate
and the transboundary. It includes the notion of the maintenance of peace and the security among
the liberal and the non-liberal states (Nau 2018). The main aim of the theory is to protect and
promote the welfare of the individuals at the international level. Like all other relevant liberal
theories, the theory of liberal Internationalism is an example of the humanitarian paradigm that
initiates guidance of progression towards the freedom of the individual. The theory in the current
scenario is relevant to the theoretical paradigm and the customary international laws which are
furthermore utilized to develop the potential of the liberal Internationalism. To summarize it is
the doctrine arguing the intervention of the liberal states towards liberal objectives (Heraclides
and Dialla 2017). Emerged during the nineteenth century, the theory of liberal internationalism
targets to achieve the structure of the globe among the international systems to promote the order
of the liberal world.
Liberal Internationalism is basically the theory of global politics based on the hope of
diligence, universal ethics and reason. There are multiples factors of strengths or advantages of
using this theory (Ozkan and Cetin 2016). One of the major applications of this theory to the
world is that the world with liberal internationalism will become co-operative, ethical and
orderly in nature. The theory is expected to bring harmony and the international war can thus be
monitored by the successful implication of this theory by the nongovernmental organizations of
the world.