POLI 283 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Paul Kagame, Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Four Asian Tigers
16 Mar 2017
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Globalization and fragmentation: end of cold war was a shock, optimism prevailed. Hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)ki(cid:374)d"s political a(cid:374)d social evolutio(cid:374) has a(cid:374) e(cid:374)dpoi(cid:374)t. Samuel p. huntington and (cid:862)the clash of civilizatio(cid:374)s? (cid:863) Conflicts of the future will be cultural. Globalization brings disparate people ever more into contact. Most striking cultural divide: western culture versus islamic civilization. New world order: in 1991, president george bush envisioned a system wherein states would cooperate against common threats. Declared the establishment of a new world order. Post cold war world would be less confrontational: end of bipolarity, u. s was unchallenged military, welcomed by some, but others not enthusiastic. War in the gulf: iran invaded and annexed kuwait in 1990. Attempt to gain a dominant position in the persian gulf. The offensive was halted before taking baghdad or deposing. European union: an economic and political union. A single market for capital, goods, services, and labor. European parliament with powers to pass legislation binding on all members.
