POLC09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Democratic Peace Theory, Research Question, Thesis Statement
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Latvia, right on russian border, nato op (latvia annexed crimea), might end up with a big power aggression between canada and russia since canada sent troops over. 4. how have new, non-traditional security threats transformed our understanding of international security. Dash/ isis (how to treat them? non-state? hybrid?) Shifting of norms, evolution and change of taboos (things weren"t ok yesterday, now more ok) Erosion of eu = shows fracturing in unity in europe. Evidence based research will allow us to make better decisions, nd out how the processes work, you know you evaluated the potential rami cations are. Thursday, 1 september 2016: what"s going on in the world, theory. Eg. rising china may produce multipolar world that is safer / rising china will lead to great power competition = war. What do theoretical approaches say and which is more convincing. Address the most pressing international security questions in the world today.
