INTLSTD 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Geneva Conventions, Multiple Choice, Sea Monster
13 Oct 2016
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Exam - 60% multiple choice - short answers - main concepts - only on module 1 & 2 (covers lectures) The relations are focused on sustaining peace. Thomas hobbes- laviathan - sea monster: represents individuals must give up their individuals to a higher authority (the state) to assume peace. The problem: a world shaped by violent struggle. Wwii - 2. 5% of the population died. Ukraine: pictures of war makes the ideals much more real. No continent or culture is immune to conflict - global significance. Diplomacy - tool of choice - use of communication and negotiation between to meet a mutual arrange. When diplomacy fails: sanction - a penalty used to leverage diplomacy - refusing to trade/investment and other activities. Perspectives used to approach the specific - have predictive power: realism - Power explanation of international relations- from thucydides - human behavior and politics is motivated by fear and self-interest.
