POLS 261 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Factcheck.Org, Snopes.Com, Fake News
Document Summary
Fake news and alternative facts: distinguishing between information and opinion. Post-truth: adjective defined as relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appealing to the truth. Putin at 2002 nato-russia summit: only by harmoniously combining our actions will we open up wide-ranging possibilities for building a single security region - from vancouver to. Russia"s aggressive actions push them towards being a foe of nato and is rising tensions between membering nations. Nato members deploy troops in nations around russia to deter an invasion from russia. Complete economic and social overhaul in japan making them a passive nation who only have a self defense force and has become a major allie of the u. s. who protects them from neighbouring attacks from china, vietnam, north korea. Areas with low us presence have seen a decrease in conflict (africa/latin america) Still no proper explanation of the trends of the decrease in conflict and deaths.
