POL114H5 Lecture Notes - Soviet Union, South Korea, Presbyterian Polity
Document Summary
The cold war and the end of it was welcome by pretty much everyone in the international system. The permanent threat of nuclear war hasn"t entirely disappeared. China, france, india, pakistan, isreal, north korea, maybe iran all have considerable nuclear weapons besides states and russian federation. Iran does not officially claim to possess nuclear weapons, but says its doing nuclear research. Threats to international peace from 1990s early 21st century. 1990s 2000 52 international conflicts 3 were interstate (state vs state) 95% intrastate. Both in africa and middle east borders drawn arbitrarily by euros for their own benefits. States are artificial divide groups and mix groups together not just 1 group of people in a single state and conflicts always spill over borders because people are all over the place. Iraq conflict lead to an outflow of refugees to other surrounding nations. A local conflict has a high tendency to spill over borders and get other nations involved.
