POLB80H3 Lecture Notes - French Revolution, Shining Path, Russian Empire
27 Feb 2014
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There needs to be certain weakness in the state to have impurity. The state government have complete chaos or there will be rebel groups: ns actors attempting to gain power, first war (1812) barbary pirate, attacking us shipping. Freedom of the sea, maintain order over a stateless place: importance of globalized trade networks. Us and other state system, not just protecting one"s own state, but also economic ties, dynamics and relationships. Requires globalized trades for economic trades to exist. Break down notion of where threats come from: why do we care if nuclear weapons spread, we care fundamentally because nuclear might be used again, has not been used since. Are these countries rational: constructivism: make weapons more normalized, making their use more likely, realism: ultimate deterrence, increase cause of war to a degree where no one wants to begin wars. Limit wars, limit escalation, it could lead to nuclear exchange.
