POL S 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Sinology, Nuclear Warfare, Nuclear Strategy
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Secretary of state cut out of diplomacy with china without background in chinese studies. Nafta: farmers are not happy about the trade deals with mexico because they aren"t buying. American made corn anymore, when they used to buy a lot. Nuclear strategy between pakistan and india, india can beat pakistan at conventional war, but. Pakistan can win with nuclear warfare, india says they will have a preemption, but pakistan will preempt it with nuclear weapons: puzzles realists claim to answer. Study of the approach and practice of international relations. B. hans morgenthau: post wwii realist wrote politics among nations in 1948, environment was talking about the un, etc. but morgenthau thought it was very na ve and he was worried about it, competition/war among states is normal. International politics is surrounded by war; war will always be with us: human nature source of conflict, human nature is a cause of war, people have an inherent lust for power .