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National Interest is an essentially contested concept. Comment.

  • UPSC 2022
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  • Key Concepts in International Relations

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W. B. Gallie (1956) called a concept essentially contested when competent users permanently dispute its proper use because the quarrel is really about the values it carries. National interest fits closely. It presumes a state-centric world of unitary, rational actors, yet every school answers differently what the interest is, who defines it and how.

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