PEACEST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Warsaw Pact, Military Alliance, Peace Movement
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Peace study week 6 october 16 2018 (negative peace, and positive peace) Part 1: maintaining peace through military strength: balance of power, military alliances and collective security ; nato, brics. Peace through strength: negative in both international and interpersonal relations, the most politically potent and influential concept and strategy of preventing war up to date. *notes* the military *: attempt by states or other actors to maintain, similar level of military or physical strength that no state/ actor would over power others, maintaining peace through deterrence (e. g cold war) The collapse of the soviet union and the warsaw pact, nato had to re-evaluate purpose, goals and key focus. Nato started participated newly in political movements and humanitarian missions. Association of five major emerging economies: brazil, russia, india, china and south africa. It focuses its effort on economic, political and cultural cooperation.