POL340Y1 Lecture Notes - Warsaw Pact, Industrial Policy, Solitary Confinement
30 May 2013
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Slow evolution of international law > evolutionary process. The starting point is the treaty of westphalia. Prisoner kept out of solitary confinement because of ai letter campaign. Just because they aren"t attached to govt does not mean they have no influence. A lot of monitoring is done by the ngo community > give strength to treaties and conventions which are being enforced in the international community. Formed as a military alliance to counter the soviet threat (1939-50) Powerful community state (russia) and the cold war. Nato as means to contain the ussr (containment) There is not much of a threat today. There is more co-operation since the cold war ended. There will always be disagreement because each cares about itself. Even if countries are on friendly terms, there will be disagreements. Self interest of the state; what is their interest in the humanitarianism. Asian pacific states and important western powers and russia.
