Reading Hass’ article ‘The Study of Regional Integration: Reflections on the Joy and Anguish of Pretheorizing’ was almost a huge relief. I say this because it is the first article I have read that acknowledges, excepts, and attempts to work with the fact that no theory is perfect in that it cannot be applied in all cases. Many of the readings have left me very frustrated because I feel that they assume too much, or attempt to explain things that seem obvious while just adding a label. Hass’ article on the other hand was refreshing. It explained that not everyone can agree on the variables that we take into account when describing different events. Haas also discussing that IR theory needs to pay more attention to social relations, which I think is a great point. IR is not a hard science where you can say A always leads to B, which creates C or anything to that effect. IR theory in general is based on people, who rarely act that clearly. Controlling or predicting human nature is impossible. We can observe basic trends, which is what I believe these theories should be based on, but no one can declare definite explanations for anything involving human nature.