Thread:Charles Murray/@comment-4960835-20151217190407/@comment-25309944-20151218071020

One thing I forgot to mention about the French analysis which I actually hadn't realized until now:

Realist theory doesn't make room for international organizations as their own, independent actors capable of agency. Rather, they're an expression of the (often contradictory) interests of the states that compose them. As a result, realists (focusing on power) tend to believe that it's more useful to look at states as a result, and their tools of analysis are meant for states.

That's another reason why the UAE doesn't appear directly in the overall argument, I apologize. xD