POL 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Nuclear Strategy, Arms Control, Ethnic Conflict
23 Jul 2018
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Issues of international security: us invasion of iraq, 9/11, darfur genocide, organized rape as a tactic of war (bosnia), global hiv/aids pandemic, global climate change, 5 million deaths/year from diarrhea due to unsanitary water. Focus: threat, use and control of military force. Means of achieving security: build and maintain military superiority. Instruments: armed forces, diplomatic service, intelligence services, etc. Typical issues: nuclear strategy, deterrence, arms control, balance of power, arms races, alliance-formation. Weakened/failed states: mafia economies, private armies, criminal warlords. Breakdown of public authority: hard to tell soldiers from private fighters, combatants from civilians. Failed states: terrorism, civil wars, nation-building, ethnic conflict, wmd, private military companies, proliferation, genocide, child soldiers, rogue states, humanitarian intervention, globalization. "the leading cause of death on september 11, 2001 was starvation. Like on every other day of that year, 24 000 people starved to death on september 11, 2001.
