INR 2001 Lecture 1: International Relations Chapter 1

• School: University of Florida
• Department: International Relations
• Course: INR 2001
• Professor: Selden Zachary

Document Summary

Conflict between con-state actors: not all conflict is between states, much if not most is below the level of state- state conflict, conflict may be driven by many interests-ethnic conflict, material resources, land, etc. All sides gain from economic exchange so it literally pays to cooperate. Ease and low cost of inter connectedness around the world. Cultural aspects of globalization, both positive and negative. Today it is more widespread and more uniform than ever before. It is more intense now than ever before: negative effects. 1918 spanish flu epidemic (influenza) the east (cid:272)oast did(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:449)hat to do (cid:449)ith all the si(cid:272)k a(cid:374)d d(cid:455)i(cid:374)g people. World war 1 ended, soldiers went home and took the flu with them to their home countries: otherwise it would have stayed mainly in europe. Today global transportation is cheap and easy so a disease like this today would be spread more quickly.