PSCI 3123 Lecture 2: Who Fights
24 Feb 2017
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The most powerful countries are the most war prone. Can any two countries fight each other: power projection capabilities . How well a country can project itself, culture, ideology, etc. on another country. Makes war more likely between neighboring and closely approximated countries: neighboring wars are more likely to spawn because of territorial disputes. The more a country interacts with another country, the more the countries like each other. However; this also means that it is more likely the something regarding the relationships of these countries will go wrong (economic peace theory). The importance of the issue also matters for war. There are exceptions to the proximity rule : being a major power. U. s. , u. k, japan, etc: one country supporting an internal organization of another. Cuba and angola, cuba had communist revolutionaries in angola and. More military spending means that there is an increased likelihood that traveling for war will not be an issue.
