POLSCI 2I03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake And Tsunami, Kyoto Protocol, Relative Deprivation

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 2I03
• Professor: Andrew Lui

Document Summary

Important topic in international relations and the future quality of life. Prices have gone up be it fuel, food, or other things. That has happened largely due to supply and demand, due to the scarcity of resources and economic advancement in countries like china and india. Copenhagen climate talks: china is just under the us in absolute emissions. So it is a little fair to treat all countries equally, but it ignores the fact that china has 1. 5 billion people. This has been a central point of debate in the international community. There is no thing enforcing about the kyoto protocol. China is in a growing power, and it is increasing in international relations. In many different measurements china"s power is increasing both in its economic output, and military might, and even in non- traditional sense of power, the soft power. China likes to call itself the leader of asian countries" and protect its interests against development.