POLI 354 Study Guide - Summer 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - International Law, European Union, World Trade Organization
12 Oct 2018
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Midterm exam (in class, feb 14) 25% Research essay (due in class, april 4) 35: 10-12 pages. Depends on where you fit in the system. States providing security for domestic population vs. other countries. Human security food scarcity, water, climate change, militarization, etc. First, security is an important concept, which has been used to justify suspending civil liberties, making war, and massively reallocating resources during the last fifty years . There is today an increased understanding that security extends far beyond questions of who wields violence, when, and how. Realists claim that states seek to maximize power. Neorealists claim that states seek to maximize security: in anarchy, security is the highest end. Only if survival is assured can states seek such other goals as tranquility, profit, and power (waltz 1979) Nonetheless, few ir scholars have ventured to define security .
