POL114H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Nuremberg Laws, United Nations Economic And Social Council, Preventive War
Document Summary
Pol114 lecture #6: conflict after the cold war & international law and. Iraq/kuwait: origins of conflict- league of nations mandate; oil and opec; Somalia, yougoslavia, rwanda, democratic republic of congo iraq, lybia, 9/11 and the war on terror >afghanistan > iraq > gwot. Realist: mere instruments of foreign policy, arenas for advancing national self interest, can"t overcome sovereignty. Liberal: crucial means of enabling cooperation, neutral arbiter, collective security . Marxist: io"s reflect prevailing distribution of power > tool of the powerful. Origins: h. grotius- law of nature (reason), assembly of nations necessary to enforce natural law. League of nations (1919) dominated by great powers , unanimity failure. Realist: states (esp. weak) search for security > have an incentive to free themselves from anarchy. Liberal: il is a means of enhancing international cooperation through the creation of widely accepted norms. Marxist: il is a means of stabilizing an existing distribution of wealth and power.
