PS 114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum, Nuclear Proliferation, Bandwagoning

• School: Oakland University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PS 114
• Professor: Trumbore

Document Summary

Si vis pacem, para bellum if you want peace, prepare for war. Si vis pacem para pactum those who want peace should agree to keep it. Problem of anarchy leads to problematic behaviors. Must protect their sovereignty, so they must seek power, and in result, may look dangerous. Challenges of power go hand in hand with security measures. When elephants fight the grass gets trampled. Art - in anarchy force and politics are connected. By itself, military power guarantees neither survival nor prosperity. But it is almost always the essential ingredient for both. Us accounts for about 34% of global spending in 2014 (billion for us, . 7 trillion is global total ) But us defense burden (what country spends out of their gdp on weapons - about 3. 5% gdp in 2014) lighter than several poorer states. Nuclear powers: an exclusive club members and their stockpiles. Lots of countries have sought to develop nuclear weapons technology (canada,