Consider the image of a spider web to illustrate the complexity and prevalence of networks in international relations._x000D_
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Arquilla (2007) makes the argument that IR scholars will likely resist the concept of networks as a way to understand what€™s happening in the world. He suggests that ignoring the rise of networks will lead to more military interventions and will cause states €œto focus more on confrontation and co-optation than on embracing this new form of social organization€ (Arquilla 2007, 207)._x000D_
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Does his argument make sense? What is the most compelling part of his argument? What is the least compelling?_x000D_
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