POLS 261 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, Mutual Assured Destruction, Security Dilemma
8 Feb 2017
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Consequences of nuclear explosion (environmental, demographic, economic) ideological struggle. Power distribution, how states respond to power shifts and perceived threats, escalation dynamics, un/diplomacy, role of allies. National/domestic bureaucratic politics, offensive military doctrine, role of. Characteristics of decision-makers, cognitive approaches and rationality (stress, fatigue), misperceptions, historical analogies. Allies, military capabilities, economy etc. should be equal to have balance. If one has more than the other then there would be another world war as one would overtake the other. Must have parity for stability, if all militaries are equal one cannot overtake the other. Example: balance of power theory seriously criticized because they had equal. Ideational liberalism: stresses the impact on state behaviour of conflict and compatibility among collective social values or identities concerning the scope and nature of public goods provision. Criticized for being na ve but they are fighting this critique. They see the world how they want to, not how it actually is.
