What can Marxism contribute to the study of International Relations today?

Marxism and its contribution to the study of International Relations today

The question of the current work is the potential of applicability of Marx 's works to modern world in general and to today 's international relations in particular . From the first glance the answer is simple : the Marxist theory is outdated , together with Marxist ideology , and the demise of both from world 's political scene has already happened . But looking deeper into the problem , it becomes clear that such simple answers are premature

1 . End of History or End of

Marxism

In 1989 , Fukuyama had proclaimed an end of history , first and foremost meaning the end of century-long confrontation between Communism and Capitalism (Fukuyama 1989 . In larger view , he had meant not only the end of Communist regimes , but rather the failing of communist ideology in comparison to democracy , the victory of liberal capitalism over communism . And , the failing of Communist ideology was automatically assumed to be the failing of Marx 's economic theory which was supposed to be the economical basis of Socialism and Communism

Western economists had declared that Communism . clearly failed as a form of economic organization (cited by Southgate 2006 , forgetting the fact that Communist economics wasn 't centered on economics in its traditional approach . Moreso , the Communist ideology was burdened by need to confront the Democratic one , often resulting in non-Marxist approaches and extremes . Thus , the demise of Communism from the face of the world cannot be considered as an automatic failure ' of Marx...