01:790:102 Lecture 7: Post Cold War IR
29 Jun 2016
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Dissolution of soviet union december 26, 1991. Triumph of liberal democracy and market capitalism: american neoliberal order. Expansion of american military power: first gulf war 1990, retention of nato. Dawn of the second age of globalization: netscape 1. 0 august 1995. Issues of sovereignty: unravelling of the westphalian model, superstates, failed states, parastates, the changing context of international security. Since 1989, over 100 conflicts have taken place with other 90 being intrastate: internal problems become regional conflicts, back to the future . International arbitration gains salience: intervention for non-strategic terms. Wars motivated by ethnic and cultural conflict. Political vacuums in former soviet union, middle east, and southern europe: borders, mobilized communities, weak successor governments. Fall of authoritarian regimes: the dangers of democratization. Shifting identities around cultural traits: a clash of citizens? . Increase institutional liberalism may actually increase the likelihood of instability, conflict, and warfare: information, communication, ideologies. Strategic choice of elites: rule of the mob.
