POL 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, Treaty On The Non-Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons, George W. Bush

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 1102
• Professor: Daniel Pierre- Antoine

Document Summary

Readings: spiegel et al. , world politics in a new era, chapters 3-4 & 7-8. 2 superpowers with a global reach (u. s. vs. ussr: defined international and domestic politics, both conflict & cooperation. Fighting the cold war: the arms race & proxy wars : the logic of deterrence, a qualitative change, proxy wars, from balance of power to balance of terror, the need to cooperate. A close call: the cuban missile crisis (1962: the cold war, the stand-off, the resolution, a realization: mutually assured destruction (mad) Weapons control efforts: salt (strtegic arms limitation treaty) i & ii (1972 & 1979, start (strategic arms reduction treaty) i & ii (1980s & 1991) , new start (2010, anti-ballistic missile treaty (abm treaty, 1972) 2014-09-11: comprehensive test ban treaty (ctbt, 1996, not in effect) not enough countries have signed it, the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (npt, 1968, the peaceful use of nuclear power , the international atomic energy agency"s role (iaea)