POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Realpolitik, Hegemony
8 May 2017
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Putin believes that us amping up defensive systems is part of an offensive strategy. Describes liberalism as the end point of ideological human evolution. Occurs in the realm of ideas not a materialistic victory. Defeat of absolutism was wwi, defeat of fascism in wwii, defeat of communism in 1989. Each ideology is a challenge to the liberal order that falls to liberalism. Fukuyama believes evolution of values will end with global liberalism. Counters the idea of radical islam, saying it has no appeal to non-muslims and little to muslims. Western hegemony is permanent because even if the hegemonic state falls the new hegemon will embrace western liberal ideology. Thinks the us" preponderance will decline but western liberalism will live on. End point of conflict evolution: conflict between civilizations. Terrorists are not making anything new, they are mostly focusing on war against the west and its values. Isis, however became an actual regime at some point.
