POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Zombieland, Cuius Regio, Eius Religio, Non-Interventionism
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The study of the international system (started 1916) Is there something about the international system that makes it prone to violence: depends on your view, zombieland - vigilance and security (realist, optimistic - international organizations (liberal) Cooperation: the international system is also a space for extensive cooperation: especially when there is joint interest. System: interacting or interdependent group of items forming a unified whole: assumption is problematic - unified whole is very theoretical. States must be vigilant and self-defend as the international system has no legislation or judiciary to moderate or give any rules (zombieland rules: explains why states what they do - after 9/11, us attacked iran and iraq. To understand, you need to look at: units - identify the interdependent units that interact with each other. States: structure - identify the unify whole that shows interaction (unified whole, defined by what we lack, anarchy - lack of government. End the thirty years war - avoid future religious wars.
