POS 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Superpower 2, September 11 Attacks, Public Utility

• School: University of Maine
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POS 120
• Professor: Glenn P.Holman

Document Summary

2 long wars in iraq & afghanistan. U. s. financial collapse (2008) hurt many other countries. Economy growing too slowly, may fall back into recession. 43% of americans think saddam hussein was personally involved in 9/11. 36% believe u. s. government officials took part in 9/11 attacks. 50% of muslims believe that arabs were not to blame for 9/11. When ussr collapsed, the u. s. dominated the anti-soviet coalition (nato, japan, s. Both american political parties opposed modest, careful, and affordable foreign policy. More military spending than the rest of the world combined. Discourage japan, germany, china, and russia from becoming hegemons. Punish rogue regimes who wanted weapons of mass destruction (iraq, iran, and n. South africa gave up nuclear weapons after ending apartheid. Converted temporary cold war success into global hegemony. U. s. bases in central asia allowed soft containment . America does not have the usual hallmarks of government: Public goods & services otherwise not available on the market.