POLI 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Hard Power, Conditionality
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A. the main institutions at the global level are all part of the legacy of colonialism, wwii, and the. Cold war > the world has changed in fundamental ways that haven"t been reflected in global institutions: there is a new balance of power: brazil, russia, china bric countries have a greater. C. importance today but don"t have their corresponding influence on the international system the institutions that are over 50 years old, may not be useful for the present global challenges. China represents what lenin calls neo imperialism a) Will there be a dispersion of knowledge or will it stay in the. It"s not only bringing in new actors, but looking at the role they will play and seeing if it will just be new names and faces or a new way of running things as well. Yes because the power didn"t change, they are still vulnerable and under the.