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Record W3203411863 · doi:10.1093/isagsq/ksab027

Classical Realism, Status, and Emotions: Understanding the Canada/Saudi Arabia Dispute and Its Implications for Global Politics

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Grant Dawson

Bibliographic record

VenueGlobal Studies Quarterly · 2021
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldSocial Sciences
TopicInternational Relations and Foreign Policy
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsRealismOpenness to experiencePoliticsConstructivism (international relations)HumanitiesInternational relationsPolitical scienceEpistemologySociologyPhilosophyLawPsychologySocial psychology

Abstract

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Abstract This article draws on classical realism, status theory, and research on emotions to explain the Canada/Saudi Arabia diplomatic dispute (2018–) and its implications for global politics. These non-great powers should not be engaging in a protracted conflict according to most international relations (IR) theory. The article argues that status, in the form of political “struggle” over whose identity should be considered socially superior, is a necessary condition for the dispute and the principal reason why Canada and Saudi Arabia have not reconciled. Reflecting recent trajectories in IR and the renewed interest in classical realism, the article seeks to recover the full scope of classical realism's human nature aspect, broad definition of “interest,” and openness to emotion. Its classical realism–status–emotions theory offers a fuller explanation of the dispute than neoclassical realism and constructivism, the most cognate rival approaches. Utilizing the process tracing method, the article distills its status–emotions model into a three-part status–emotions “mechanism” for use in the case study section. Este artículo se basa en el realismo clásico, la teoría del estatus y la investigación sobre las emociones para explicar la disputa diplomática entre Canadá y Arabia Saudí (desde 2018) y sus repercusiones en la política mundial. Según muchas de las teorías de las relaciones internacionales, estas potencias no tan grandes no deberían participar en un conflicto prolongado. El artículo sostiene que el estatus, en forma de “lucha” política sobre la identidad de quién debe considerarse socialmente superior, es una condición necesaria para la disputa y el principal motivo por el que Canadá y Arabia Saudí aún no se han reconciliado. En respuesta a las recientes trayectorias de las relaciones internacionales y el renovado interés por el realismo clásico, el artículo trata de recuperar todo el alcance de la vertiente de naturaleza humana del realismo clásico, la amplia definición de “interés” y la apertura a la emoción. Su teoría sobre realismo clásico, estatus y emociones ofrece una explicación más completa de la disputa que el realismo neoclásico y el constructivismo, los enfoques antagónico más conocidos. Mediante el método de rastreo de procesos, el artículo desglosa su modelo de estatus y emociones en un “mecanismo” de estatus y emociones de tres partes para utilizarlo posteriormente en la sección de estudio de casos. Cet article s'inspire du réalisme classique, de la théorie du statut et des recherches sur les émotions pour expliquer le conflit diplomatique entre le Canada et l'Arabie Saoudite (2018–) et ses implications pour la politique mondiale. Ces puissances qui ne font pas partie des grandes puissances ne devraient pas s'engager dans un conflit prolongé selon la plupart des théories des relations internationales. Cet article soutient que le statut, sous la forme d'une « lutte » politique pour savoir quelle identité doit être considérée comme socialement supérieure, est une condition nécessaire au conflit et la principale raison pour laquelle le Canada et l'Arabie Saoudite ne se sont pas réconciliés. Il se livre à une réflexion sur les trajectoires récentes en relations internationales et le regain d'intérêt pour le réalisme classique et cherche à retrouver toute la portée de l'aspect nature humaine, de la définition large « d'intérêt » et de l'ouverture aux émotions du réalisme classique. Sa théorie Réalisme classique/statut/émotions offre une explication plus complète du conflit que le réalisme néoclassique et le constructivisme qui sont les approches rivales les plus apparentées. Cet article emploie une méthode de retracement du processus et distille son modèle Statut/émotions en un « mécanisme » de statut/émotions en trois parties à utiliser dans la section d’étude de cas.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.003
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.003
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Qualitative · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.824
Threshold uncertainty score0.351

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0030.003
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0060.024
Scholarly communication0.0080.003
Open science0.0010.002
Research integrity0.0020.002
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0030.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.064
GPT teacher head0.366
Teacher spread0.302 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designQualitative
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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