POLI 381 Study Guide - Final Guide: First Geneva Convention, Nationstates, Hands Tied

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 381
• Professor: Michael Zekulin

Document Summary

Poli 383-final exam: nuclear proliferation- fairly new but important. 5 states acknowledged by the npt (nuclear non-proliferation treaty) as possessing nuclear weapons: 2 states publically claim to have them, never signed the npt (not in violation): india, pakistan: several states rumored to be nuclear weapon free zones israel, north korea, iran, north korea withdraw. Suggestion that this was the real reason behind stability during the cold war. Responsibility used, nukes make wars hard to start, thought it was useable: second nuclear era 1990-present. Not only states but other actors as well (terrorists) 8 nuclear powers but many latent nuclear powers. Can i person do this, what if that one person was captured/killed: conspiracy component, individuals hard to find, civilian bombing of democratic societies, justification the people make the government. Israel mandatory military service, all people are, or will be in military: terror, started from the french revolution- initially used to describe actions taken by a state against other actors.