Episode 14 - Kovačević and Claar Part Three

Struggle to Understand

Today, in the third of three episodes, I continue my conversation with Dr. Damir Kovačević who is a professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire and with Dr. Martin Claar who is a lecturer of Political Science at Loyola University – Chicago. We take up two primary questions in this final episode: How stable is a multi-polar system in international relations? Is the instantiation of norms the “end of history”? Meaning, is a world defined by compliance to the liberal world order the ultimate state of human political development. It is fitting that we end this conversation on these two questions because they ask us if the current global system of norms is worth preserving and if it is, does it represent the best system we can create to manage the capriciousness of political dynamics.

I should make one final note: we recorded this conversation before the United States presidential election so there is some speculation about the future of the American presidency that has now been settled by that election.

Introductory music was written by Alex Yoder. Find him here

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