Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Human Security, Budapest Memorandum On Security Assurances, Collective Security
19 Sep 2018
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Constructivism- a model emphasizing the role of norms: Shared ideas and implicit rules can serve as structures. That there"s more to ir than fear and competition. The absence of a threat to the stability: Employing military force to deter and respond to aggression. Threats also from a variety of non-state actors. Securitization of civil war- because it leads to: Cold war- era expansion of us- ussr stockpiles, tests. To help nnws develop nuclear power for civilian use. Usa, russia, uk, france, china, israel, india, pakistan, north korea left. 30+ countries pursued and then abandoned nuclear weapons. New nws don"t seem to spur regional nuclear arms race. Nws have cut back from a high of 80 000 to less than 20 000 weapons. Violators have not gone nuclear (except north korea) Russia actions violate agreement- but no western agreement to answer militarily. Inadequate western response- how significant will be the effect on the non-
