POLSCI 2I03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Francis Fukuyama, Persian Gulf, Helsinki Accords
22 Feb 2018
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Helsinki accords (1975) conference in finland, 30 of the western states, advance human rights, seen as a begin of detente= more relaxed period between tension of two rivals. Mikhail gorabachev makes reforms (1980s)- perestroika"= restructuring society and. The berlin wall falls (1989)- decline of soviet union. The ussr dissolves (december 26, 1991)- succeeded by russia (and 11 independent states) Politics in the post cold war world: president george h. w. Bush (senior: speech to congress on september 11th, 1990, persian gulf crisis- saddam hussein"s forces in iraq had invaded their neighbour. Kuwait: budget crisis- costs, spending & de cit. Francis fukuyama- the end of history and the last man (1992): the end of the cold war was end point of mankind"s ideological evolution/ universalization of western liberal democracy as nal form of human government. International relations theories are also compared and contrasted according to 3 main. Images" of world politics, or levels of analysis":
