INR 2001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Chemical Weapons Convention, Global Governance, Brinkmanship

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War- a policy instrument that transnational actors use to resolve their conflicts. Chapter 7: the threat of armed conflict to the world. Intergovernmental relations influence the onset and conduct of internal armed conflict. Chapter 8: the pursuit of power through arms and alliances. It is spending the sweat of its children. : skeptics believe that high military spending can actually reduce the human security found within a particular country. Global south arms purchasers: changes in the activity of arms suppliers is important, the united states and russia have been the two major exporters of arms since the. Middle east: while seeking to promote democratization, less democratic countries receive the greatest amounts of us arms. The more powerful a state is relative to a potential nuclear recipient, the less likely it is to provide sensitive nuclear assistance: 2. States are more likely to provide assistance to states with which they share a common enemy: 3.