Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 43: Party System, World Trade Organization, Richard N. Haass
4 Apr 2017
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World order & global government: power in international relations, military dimension: Still important (not as much as it used to be) 18th century military power was applicable in every situation. Futility in attempts at reconstruction of post war iraqi state. Economic power backs up military power and is a source of power in its own right o. Bias in favor of your inclinations: polarity o. Like party system, pattern of interactions with causal impact: a pole. Has an exceptionally large share of the major power resources: unipolarity. One state with greatly disproportionate share of power. Cannot bare to lose any influence in the world. More than two major powers (a cluster) But potential for mistakes: changing international systems, 15th 19th centuries multipolarity. Balancing frequent war: ww2-1991: bipolarity, with usa and ussr as superpowers with global interests, global reach. In nuclear era, cold rather than hot war.
