IR 407 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Pharyngeal Reflex, Cellophane, Peloponnesian War
17 Dec 2017
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Definitions: terrorism: a more precise definition (still non state actors) Inherently evil- any reasonable person would look at and say this is reprehensible. Moral reflection is essential in ct (terrorists never have a moral reflection point) State level decisions to do questionable things really erodes the state ability to claim moral superiority (which doesn"t necessarily win victories but certainly helps: national defense. Self help world- not an ordered and structured world. Security paradigm thinking (the state will do whatever is necessary to stay secure supreme emergency) We really do have a construction of the world that is opposite the world the un order would have us attempt to believe. Defining the boundaries problems (subject is all over the place and the actors" profiles defy classification and profiling) Problems: negotiating the difference between freedom fighters, nationalists and terrorists. On different levels, you might be all of these things: negotiating the difference between what is right and what is politically possible.
