POL208Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Falklands War, Preemptive War, There Are Known Knowns
22 Oct 2016
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War: why do states resort to warfare as a means to achieve their goals. Risk-return tradeoff: between getting a better deal and avoiding war. Credibility and bluffing: how to make threats believable. (cid:498)known knowns, unknown knowns, known unknowns, unknown unknowns(cid:499): of incomplete information. Deterrence and the cold war (cid:523)dr. strangelove(cid:524) (cid:498))t"s our leadership has become unhinged(cid:499) r. nixon. Brinkmanship (cid:498)a threat that leaves something to chance(cid:499) t. Tying hands- (cid:498)red lines(cid:499) (cid:498)this will not stand(cid:499) Dooms day device may sometimes be helpful to give the impression that. Preventive war: attacking an adversary to prevent them from developing the means of becoming an actual threat. Preemptive war: attacking first when an attack by an adversary seems imminent and unavoidable (gaining first strike advantage) Second image (k. waltz) regime type: dictatorship < > democracy (parliamentary v. presidential) To what extent does the nature of political institutions influence the actions of states. Success v. failure (argentina v uk in falklands)
