POL S101 Lecture Notes - Collective Security, North South Mrt Line, Peace Movement
Document Summary
Liberal approaches to security: emphasis on international institutions that have proven to be fairly successful after wwii, particular attention to the un and other collective security measures as means of reducing the negative effects of anarchy. The un and collective security: replacement for the league of nations underway from at least 1941, dumbarton oaks meeting in 1944 produces a draft charter, official un charter signed on 26 june 1945 in san francisco. The un charter: establishes basic principles of order all members must agree to including: Faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small . France, denmark, iceland, italy, norway, portugal, netherlands, and. Nato after the cold war: reinvents itself to become the primary security organization in europe and the. North atlantic: new members include former soviet-dominated countries, current membership is 28 states.