Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Free Trade, Multilateralism, International Criminal Court
8 Mar 2017
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Reading 1: how populism will change foreign policy: the bernie and trump effects. Reading 3: the once and future order: what comes after hegemony. The current world order is a reflection of the impact the two world wars had. The international world order focuses very heavily on multilateralism. Have enjoyed relative peace since then and increase in economic prosperity and well-being that is unprecedented. Can be traced to the collective decision by nations to accept common rules, rules of international law. Development of international law is a defining moment of modern history. Nations choose voluntarily to create these laws, and these rules help establish patterns of non-aggression because of mutually assured destruction (mad) Free trade also comes about the new world order, free trade has been promoted and welcomed. Human rights have been established as universal and need to be protected throughout nations. Al(cid:373)ost i(cid:373)possi(cid:271)le to u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)d toda(cid:455)"s (cid:449)orld (cid:449)ithout k(cid:374)o(cid:449)i(cid:374)g the role the u has pla(cid:455)ed i(cid:374) leadership.
