INTS 1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Power Transition Theory, Norman Angell, Perpetual Peace
3 Feb 2017
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Immanuel kant, first and second section in perpetual peace (bb) Reading from norman angell, the great illusion, chapter iii https://ia600401. us. archive. org/27/items/cu31924007365467/cu31924007365467. pdf norman angell. Review nau liberal explanations for wwi pp. Important concepts: perpetual peace, democratic peace, institutions, regimes, complex interdependence, interdependence, constitution, laws, non-intervention. Balance of power: communism vs. other leaders, they are fighting, but ultimately balancing out the system, states balance each other! Power transition theory: one state gains power, one loses. Usually means conflict is going to happen: states actually shift the balance of power, shifting from one state to another, power. People, money, population, gdp, resources, ability to turn money into military/etc: united states vs. china. Chi(cid:374)a"s e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)y is (cid:271)oo(cid:373)i(cid:374)g (cid:894)(cid:272)o(cid:396)e (cid:272)ou(cid:374)t(cid:396)y? (cid:895) Investing everywhere so that they can gain soon. Theo(cid:396)ists a(cid:396)gue that (cid:449)a(cid:396) is(cid:374)"t i(cid:374)e(cid:448)ita(cid:271)le just (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause (cid:449)e see these shifts i(cid:374) po(cid:449)e(cid:396) War is contradiction: conquering a country will not help. It will create havoc, break trade: break an ally.
