POLS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Gulf War, Humanitarian Intervention, Security Dilemma
Document Summary
Security and insecurity: human history is one of conflict. Insecurity is a commonplace in the international system most state activities are not geared towards war and security but are trying to provide wellbeing to our citizens. Insecurity is what we hear about in news and media. Security can never fully be assured for any states. States can feel insecure due to real threats or imaged threats. In the past, security depended on locations, allies neighbours, strength, population and natural attributes. States are fundamentally concerned about their own self-preservation: canada"s location is prime because the us, a state is deemed insecure if it cant provide for itself as a government or for its citizens. Insecurity c an rise from a variety of causes physical threats economic political cultural environmental. International anarchy: conflict is always present in international relations, defence spending on response (1. 7 trillion spent worldwide) the us spends 30% of this, but.