SOSC 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hegemonic Stability Theory, Unconditional Surrender, Appeasement
8 Jan 2018
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Long quest for world leadership: hegemon: single powerful state, hegemonic stability theory: explain the absence of the wwiii despite the hostility b/w. Why enemies are will to trade and make agreements with each other: table 4. 1. The westphalian system (on the exam: treaty of westphalia 1648: concept of sovereign state emerges. Wwi causes: two hostile alliances, structuralism (realists): shifting power distribution. Huge empires have exhausted their population and resources. Nationalistic independent ideas emerging: nationalism (liberalists): alliances falling apart. Hoping hitler will be satisfied with just the. Wwii consequences: yalta conference-show you who mattered at the end of 1945. Stalin was the most powerful men in the room. Conference decided the fate of the world: japan still in denial after v-e day. Nagasaki: border changes and collaboration (creation of eu, end of great-power rivalries in europe. Us roses to superpower status: created hegemony. Post-wwii institutions: first time ever international organizations come into importance, bretton woods system (specifically western, free market, etc.
