POL208Y1 Lecture Notes - Network-Centric Warfare, Cuban Missile Crisis, Universal Suffrage
16 Apr 2014
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What does it mean in terms of the use of force: the differences between modern and post-modern conflict, some of the characteristics of current conflict, the impact of the cold war (a) dramatically decreased defence budget in us. End of east-west opposition: world saw a huge decrease in armaments and defence budget. First years of the 90s mantra was peace dividend . Europe hasn"t spent less in a very long time. Defence ministries have become marginal in the setting of a government. 1990s, minister of defence was a major figure in a political landscape- not even important anymore. In uk, all of them are junior representatives, in germany it"s a woman- completely changed. One of the largest transformations, as spurred on by. Classic heavy armaments have become largely useless because they are very difficult to project 5,000 miles away. These capabilities are only good for military power, cost a fortune to manage anyway (c) conscription no longer sustainable.
