billiard ball model

(20th century)

Theory of international relations.

It is not necessary to study the internal politics of nations or governments, since their interactions on the international scene can be understood in terms of the pressures they exercise upon each other, and the responses to those pressures.

An application to international politics of behavioralism.

Source:
Graham Evans and Jeffrey Newnham, The Dictionary of World Politics (Hemel Hempstead, 1990)


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