POLB80H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Security Dilemma, World Politics, Social Fact
6 Sep 2013
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Democratic peace theory democracies do not fight each other but fight non- democratic nations. This is strange for realism because they say it does not matter what state you are. The world is still living in an anarchy system. Realist say that democratic nations have not fought each other yet. Different domestic system means different state system. 1935 started talking about collective system in the league of nations. Collective system failed for league of nations and nazi"s arise. You cannot get out of this equation. Liberals say you can get out of it through international organizations (collective security any active aggression will cause the whole entire international society to react) States worry about security because they feel uncertain and the feel scared. If everyone aids state a, state a won"t be afraid of state b. The aggressor must be stopped always and should be easy to identify the aggressor. Aggressor must know the international society will go against them.
