POL327Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Monroe Doctrine, Bourgeoisie, Fort Benning
Document Summary
Without u. s. involved in international affairs, they probably would not occur on the level that they do. League of nations woodrow wilson, u. s. refused to join. Republicans are typically hostile against international affairs league of nations. Foreign policy ideas among democrats and republicans are vastly different: george bush administration was especially hostile, u. n. was seen as useless . Obama announced he would eliminate nuclear weapons internationally, but he has done very little to actually accomplish this: did seek un approval for intervention in libya nato"s attack, china and russia did not agree with this. Un was crippled with its attempts in syria. Un is an arena the u. s. can dominate veto power. Democracies are less likely to become aggressive/have wars between each other. U. s. has promoting democracy within world politics primarily within europe and south. U. s. has seen some areas of the world as ready for democracy, but the opposite for others.
