🇬🇧 Many theorists of international relations describe power dynamics as “realism.” But what if that description becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy? In Episode 6 of Universal Fraternity, Gregory Reichberg draws on Plato and Aquinas to argue that when we assume rivalry and threat are the fundamental facts of international life, we begin to treat them as norms — and we overlook other realities: institutions like the United Nations, diplomatic practices, and long histories of fraternal of cooperation that allow states to resolve disputes without violence. Conflict is real. But so is the possibility of fraternity. Has the time has come for the fraternal conception of international relations to come into its own? 🎥 Full episode: youtu.be/2kS7XyCDX7Q #InternationalRelations #UniversalFraternity #Realism #Diplomacy #Aquinas #Plato #Friendship #fraternity #philosophy #ethics 🇮🇹 Molti teorici delle relazioni internazionali descrivono le dinamiche di potere come “realismo”. ...