POLI1042 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Outlook Mobile, Persian Gulf, Appeasement
20 Jun 2016
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Realism, centered on the idea of power, exists by everyone all the time. D. undeniable fact of life if the desire for power cannot be totally abolished then the left over aggressor would take you down. E. those who don"t practice power then those who don"t fall victim to that power: what do states do with power. All need to be kept safe (maintain power in the system) Russians sell alaska to the us and no power changed in the distribution of power in the system. South sudan became an independent state and no change for regional or national power structure, but the local power changed. A. 2. e) expansionary gain power by getting territory desire to change power systems within the system power is in a zero sum game. China, russia & iran want to improve their power situation (a. 2. e. 1) Taiwan and saudi arabia care about this a lot. A. 3. time is dependent on what a country is doing.
