Abstract

During the Cold War, international relations studies were dominated by elaborate models based on early concepts of cybernetics and systems thinking. Applications of the concept of “stability” serve as the best example of those efforts. However, rigorous mathematical models have not proved very useful in international relations studies and in associated domains. Rather systems analogies and metaphors can influence theory and practice of international relations. The paper attempts to show the meaning of the term stability in international relations theory and practice, as well as limits of its applications. In addition, it is shown that terminology associated with chaos—nonequilibrium systems, self-organization, and autopoiesis—replaces traditional interpretations of stability with evolutionary concepts corresponding to the idea of liberal-democratic organization of social life.

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