PSCI 2223 Study Guide - Final Guide: World Trade Organization, Regional Integration, Import Substitution Industrialization
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Sanctions reduce power of a state: cons, increases strength of target regime (rally around the flag; control of resources makes them more efficient, moral issues poor class suffers most, who"s to say what is right or what we are allowed to do, lack of agreement, credibility who"s to say the decider is credible (longer in place, less believable, not as effective as they are supposed to be in any case, examples, un sanctions south africa for apartheid, us sanctions against germany, north korea, cuba, venezuela. Interdependence a relationship in which changes or events in one part of the system produce changes or consequences in another part of the system: globalization taking place within a region, 2 dimensions, sensitivity, vulnerability, directly related, any relationship we have is subject to this, realists think it is a constraint on states and therefore a source of conflict; lopsided interdependence promotes absolute gains and not relative gains, trade policies, protectionism protecting your own.
