CAS IR 271 Lecture 1: Lecture Notes (Everything on Midterm 1)
16 Oct 2018
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A (cid:498)security(cid:499) dilemma that can possibly lead to an arms race, etc. A good person, want to believe in the best in others, but how can you assume. States have control over what occurs, authority over people"s(cid:495) business. Not always related to a world war. Transnational social movements (religious, anti globalization movements) Interactions of states in a global system. Baseline: no rules, no trust, no constraints. Understanding the dynamics of international competition and conflict. Reduce conflict while also increasing peace and cooperation. Study of relations among states and other political and economic actors in the international system. Amongst states + nonstate actors = globalization. To explain what happened and what is likely to happen. Testing theories to understand what happened based on the systematic. Various foundation topics to understand global issues. Simplifying device that shapes decisions about which facts matter and which do not. Simplify the world: what matters more and what matters less.
