POL208Y5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cuban Missile Crisis, Power Transition Theory, Offensive Realism
24 Nov 2016
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Peace treaties signed after the 30 years war. End of religious authority, dawn of secular states. There are (cid:374)o (cid:272)o(cid:374)strai(cid:374)ts o(cid:374) a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior. States will endeavor to destroy or subdue one another. Influenced by peace treaty between prussia and france. Opti(cid:373)isti(cid:272) that hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s (cid:449)ill e(cid:448)ol(cid:448)e fro(cid:373) the state of (cid:374)ature to a high state of (cid:272)i(cid:448)ilizatio(cid:374) this evolution is history. Resulted in the creation of the un. Not an actual war, but caused proxy wars: Occurred in the fragmented lands of the holy roman empire. Modernization has led to people committing to religion. Says that (cid:449)e ha(cid:448)e rea(cid:272)hed the e(cid:374)d poi(cid:374)t of hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)ki(cid:374)d"s ideological evolution; that liberalism and western liberal democracies are the final form of human belief and government. Says that people"s (cid:272)ultural a(cid:374)d religious ide(cid:374)tities (cid:449)ill (cid:271)e the (cid:272)ause of the conflict in the post cold war era. Classical realism: humans and states are selfish by nature and seek to dominate, which creates a competition for power.
