Answer the question in 3 full pages to test knowledge and assimilation of the course objectives. This means that you must use the provided materials from the course content on this assignment. This is

Answer the question in 3 full pages to test knowledge and assimilation of the course objectives. This means that you must use the provided materials from the course content on this assignment. This is a formal assessment; you must demonstrate that you can synthesize and analyze the material. This means quotations can only be used sparingly, if at all.

Question: 

Are IR theories useful tools in helping us to understand issues in international affairs? If so, how? If not, why not? Use specific examples and draw on course readings.

Only use these sources:

"The Relationship between Theory and Policy in International Relations" Stephen Walt

"Still Critical After All These Years? The Past, Present and Future of Critical Theory in International Relations" Rengger, Nicholas; Thirkell-White, Ben.

"IR THEORY, DIFFERENCE AND SUBJECTIVITY: ON CONDITIONS OF THE POSSIBILITY OF POST-WESTERN IR THEORY" Ağcan, Muhammed A.  Alternatif Politika

"THE INCREASING INFLUENCE OF THE NON-STATE ACTORS IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS" Saifullah, Khalid; Ahmad, Azhar

"Economic Interdependence: A Path to Peace or a Source of Interstate Conflict?" Katherine Barbieri

Be sure to attribute ideas to the authors by paraphrasing and then citing them at the end of the sentence in the Chicago 16th Author-Date citation style and using Times New Roman 12-point font, standard one-inch margins, and double spacing.