POL208Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Athletics West, Rotten Apples, Sputum
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3x # of engineering graduated in ussr than us. West: higher standard of living (welfare state) favored western countries over their. Geopolitical dimensions: hanford mackinder v. alfred thever mahan. The heartland and the ussr: ideally situated to spread influence outward. The rim-land and sea power: ussr surrounded on all sides, ports, sea power . Arms race > mad > us and ussr both had enough nuclear weapons to destroy every major city on the planet 10 times. 1955: us - 3000; ussr - 200. Of rotten apples and dominoes proxy wars korea, cuban vietnam, indonesia, east. Socialism and communism was never intended to compete in economic terms with capitalism. The rooted in mercantilist view of political economy. Security in overseas transportation in the absence of a hegemonic power to institute stability, no free trade can ensue. A hegemonic power has requirements of economic dominance; in the process of developing.
