POLS 3320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade, Profit Motive, Special Drawing Rights

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3320
• Professor: Craig Johnson

Document Summary

Post-9/11 the coalition of the willing . Sc resolution 1540 requiring national legislation prohibiting nonstate actors from acquiring wmd. Us says you are with us or against us. By 2003, there was a lack of consensus on the legitimacy of invading iraq on the grounds that saddam hussein was harbouring wmd, resulting in unilateral action on the part of the us-led coalition. There is a rise of nonstate in international politics. They are not states but are sometimes funded by states which is problematic. Permanent members undermining the autonomy of the secretary general. Difficult question to answer because the un has a past full of failures but also successes. Originally made to prevent war and create security. Function because the major powers give it legitimacy. 15 non-permanent members, serving for two years. One country, one vote although there is sometimes block voting where countries come together and vote together.