POLB80H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Kyoto Protocol, Security Dilemma, World Politics
6 Sep 2013
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There is a number of multilateral treaties signed to deal with big issues with politics. States also make small unimportant treaties like cheese treaty in addition to trying to solve the larger problems. Treaties a peaceful interaction on big and small issues. Making treaties seems to be a normal part of world politics. The chart shows the number of igos, ngos, it"s similar to the number of treaties signed over time. We get a rise in cooperative behaviour. If issues are conflictual and competitive, it"s non-violent. Politics is an order set of dynamics. States cannot deal with their issues by themselves and issues do cross borders so they use multilateral treaties. There"s a lot more constraints on world politics. Tension that dominates world politics is between sovereignty and common concerns. The tensions that we see are global economics, security, and etc. States protect their sovereignty and have common concern that they want to deal with.
