POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Security Dilemma, Global Governance, Hegemony
8 May 2017
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Power is a proxy for threat against security, thus security dilemma is about minimizing threats. Aggregate power: the more resources they have, indeterminate threat because it can cause fear or partnership balancing or bandwagoning. Offensive capability: states with larger capabilities are more likely to create alliances and act violently depends on whether or not they"re friends or foes. Proximity: nearby states are more of a threat could signal balancing or as waltz notes, bandwagoning of smaller states surrounding a power. Offensive intentions: aggressiveness is a pretty damn direct threat balancing, but it really defines the other 3 and their impact. Possibility of conflict (structural, waltz) vs probability of conflict (neo, walt) as motivators. Struct: if there can be conflict thanks to anarchy, states are motivated to act. Neo: if threats are higher the probability of conflict is higher and thus so is the temptation to behave in a realist fashion. Even without global government there is global governance.
