POL101Y1 Lecture : The Rise of Great Powers.pdf
29 Nov 2012
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In poli sci, we try to come up with generalizations to allow us to predict how things will behave. The democratic peace theory - argues that democracies don"t like one another. Tend to be slow - long time to make decisions. Couldn"t predict the end of the cold war. International politics is about a world of uncertainty. Many missiles are aimed at taiwan from china. One of the richest countries in the world and asia. However, at one point taiwan was recognized to be the legitimate government of china. However, china would begin to normalize the relations with the west. Taiwan was no longer a nation state, but became a province of taiwan. It has become a de jure chinese province. 96" missile crisis - activists in taiwan believe that they should strive for formal independence. 98" - china launched missiles at taiwan to scare them. 2005 - chinese gov"t passed the anti-secession law.
