GS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Free Trade, Franklin D. Roosevelt, World Trade Organization
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Igos: international governmental organizations are creations of national gov"ts to help coordinate behaviour and solve problems, eg. , united nations: ngos: non-governmental organizations created by private individuals or interest groups to improve international life. Refers to the struggle for power and land amongst the colonial powers in the late-19th and early-20th centuries: specifically refers to the british suspicion of french and russian attempts to expand into central asia (e. g. afghanistan) Colonialism caused rivalries between the european empires: even though in theory these states were dedicated to respecting each other"s sovereignty in practice this became a competition between colonial powers to expand reach, power and resources. Nationalist sentiments captured in poems pro patria mari dolce est (it is sweet to die for one"s country) Give rise to the league of nations: precursor to the united nations. League of nations was formed following the end of wwi. First attempt at global governance, led by american president woodrow wilson.
