PSCI 2601 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Democratic Peace Theory, Security Dilemma, Societal Security
10 Oct 2018
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Geopolitics is an intersection between politics and geography. Diversionary theory of war: war instigated by a country"s leader in order to distract its population from their own domestic strife. Security: how do we secure the security of the world, many of the concepts in political science are contested concepts as we don"t have a consensus on the definition of such concepts. It is generally agreed upon that threats come from outside the state. United nations where the powers of different nations are checked and balanced: we must encourage democratization. The causes of war: within man, human nature, the state, the international system. Immediate reasons for conflict (continuous building of missiles and nuclear weapons) Underlying reasons for conflict (historical reasons: looking at wwi. Carl von clausewitz (1780-1831: definition of war, war is a clash between major interests that is resolved by bloodshed that is the only way it differs from other conflicts .
