POLD09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: International Security, Hegemony
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What is international security: interstate war civil war (upswing in the. International security: conflict, crises, and war amount, dramatic increase war within the borders in a country) failed states (what classifies a fail states?) Ethnic cleansing and genocide cross-border insurgencies transnational terrorism new security threats. How does theory help: analysis: theory helps us to interpret and understand state behavior, in order to make sense of noisy and chaotic conflicts, policy formation: different theoretical assumptions will lead us to different policy prescriptions. How we understand the world works affects the choice we make (theory effects how we think) Conflict flashpoint: china-japan, iran-israel, pakistan-india, usa-russia, iraq- Pakistan india: pakistan and india are both nuclear powers with second strike capabilities (mutually assure the destruction of your rivals) dispute over control of kashmir has repeatedly escalated conflict november 2015: Pakistan and india signal desire to pacify relations, but both sides have continued aggression over kashmir. Isis: isis: completely mental; anti-everyone except themselves.
