POLS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Humanitarian Intervention, Collective Security, Neoliberalism
3 Jan 2018
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No single authority, anarchic absence of rule or government within country. No final say over legal matters and conflicts. Some countries have influence but no one has capacity to impose will on entire global community, multipolar not unipolar world. U. n does(cid:374)"t have (cid:373)a(cid:374)date or resour(cid:272)es to rule over all (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)er (cid:374)atio(cid:374)s. Security council has 5 perm and 10 rotating members, each power can veto resolutions if in conflict national or international interests, need consensus. Structuralists say group of powers only speak for transnational corporations and business interests, not nations. Caution of conservatism, skeptical of prospects for cooperative international order beyond narrow self-interests of states. Neorealists relationships between states with different levels of military power and political influence determine how states act in international realm, regardless if liberal right wing, autocratic, etc. Looks at states and international organizations to bring prosperous, peaceful, and progressive world order.
