Introductory lecture to the discipline of International Relations by Dr Patrick Theiner, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Recorded in late 2020.


== Timestamps ==
00:00 Intro
00:53 Theories so far
02:22 Open questions
04:06 What's new about constructivism
07:00 Origins of constructivism
08:53 Constructivism as a social theory
16:28 Alexander Wendt's constructivism
21:10 Which world do you believe in?
25:24 Core assumptions of constructivism
32:46 Models of decisionmaking
35:17 Elevator etiquette
38:12 Logic of appropriateness and social norms
42:53 What is a norm
45:29 Constructivists and nuclear weapons
49:43 The Tsar Bomba
51:47 Theories and nuclear proliferation
55:24 Constructivism and change
56:46 Is constructivism a good theory?