INTLSTD 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: First Geneva Convention, Hague Conventions Of 1899 And 1907, Nationstates

• School: U of M
• Department: International Studies
• Course: INTLSTD 101
• Professor: Greta Uehling

Document Summary

Module two: international relations and organizations january 24th, 2017. The problem: a world shaped by violent struggle: the problem in numbers: human costs. The solution: tools of international relations: diplomacy: ways to reach an agreement between other states, sanctions: a tool used for leverage, like a trade embargo, persuade a government to take a different course of action. It is usually the first resort after a failure of diplomacy. They often have unintended side effects, the impact is felt by poor innocent civilians, and not the government leaders. Like if the country isn"t working to end human trafficking, organizations will shame that country and move them down the list of countries: benefits: give benefits in exchange for the type of behavior you want. This came from thucydides, who contributed the idea that human emotions like fear and self-interest will motive states.