Discuss the two contrasting theoretical approaches to global politics. For example, if the leaders of a nation were deciding how to spend a country’s revenue, how would a realist want to spend the money?

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(1a) According to realists, people are primarily driven by self-interest and thus, in global politics, the realists say that nations struggle among themselves for power. In contrast, liberals or liberalism advocates that people and nations can work together for the common good. Discuss the two contrasting theoretical approaches to global politics. For example, if the leaders of a nation were deciding how to spend a country’s revenue, how would a realist want to spend the money? How would a liberal likely want to spend it?

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