Looking forward to a fascinating lecture at the LSE ... 20,000 years of international relations #LSEMorris pic.twitter.com/JZvF4os9Jq
Last time he asked if we can learn lessons from the past 20,000 years of human history...and concluded Yes. Whew. #LSEMorris
@lseideas Great two-point plan : talk and draw conclusions. #LSEMorris
Can we identify really long-term patterns in the system of great powers? Morris says yes & identifies 4 phases of human history #LSEMorris- Aggressive rabbit breeding seems to have played an important role in early IR. #LSEMorris
Hunter-gather societies were v.mobile & v.small, groups of about 12, with rarer meetings of more people #LSEMorris pic.twitter.com/ybVd0clmSS- In regions where hunter-gathers could generate a larger amount of food, groups were larger, more sedentary, & more hierarchal #LSEMorris
- Forager age, Intl Relations was literally that, i.e., swapping bodily fluids. To reduce inbreeding. #LSEMorris http://twitter.com/lseideas/status/674298494652428289 …
- Large population growth produced collective action problems, so the age of farming was defined by growth of hierarchy as solution #LSEMorris
Great observation @ #LSEMorris: the lucky latitudes could also be called the unlucky latitudes - so much truth there pic.twitter.com/EAiWkLHbmV
Growth in the size of states over time increased complexity of International Relations #LSEMorris pic.twitter.com/MNVuHHuBMg- Advent of agriculture generated Collective Action problems. Early solution? Royalty and Ruler-Gods. So basically Proto-Eurotrash #LSEMorris
- In Agrarian Age IR tended to be predatory, via tax & plunder, with regions separated & power projection limited mainly to land #LSEMorris
MacKinder's Heartland: from barrier of movement to the highway that connects the lucky latitudes thanks to horse mobility #LSEMorris
@lseideas #LSEMorris Tuesday evening lecture about 20,000 yrs of international relations pic.twitter.com/BjXBesYz25- Development of cavalry societies creates the 1st age of asymmetric warfare, causing long term decline in size of global empires #LSEMorris
Quite easily one of the most interesting and intellectually stimulating talks one could have attended at the LSE this year. #LSEMorris- @lseideas And we've arrived at the greatest diplomatic tool of the early modern age - the gun. #LSEMorris
The Geographer's Mackinder making an explanatory contribution to world projection of power #LSEMorris #lse @lseideas pic.twitter.com/bn0mN6qI1F- IR changed as to prosper in global society required not tax, but wealthy partners who can serve as a market for your goods #LSEMorris
- What do 20,000 years of IR tell us about its future? By 2050, a new global order unlike any before, not dominated by West or East #LSEMorris
Great talk on 20,000 years of int'l rels, looking fwd 2 @LSESEAC Lectures+ experiment w him. Stay tuned.. #LSEMorris pic.twitter.com/pssgr3RLOw- Philippe Roman Chair Ian Morris now taking part in post-talk Q&A. Q on nationalism, Morris predicts it will matter "less & less" #LSEMorris
- Oooh, tantalising tease @LSESEAC Lecture+ on next #LSEMorris in 2016. On 20,000 years of Warfare! Can’t wait! http://twitter.com/chibsdarl/status/674310169032019969 …
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