Political Science 2231E Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Multilateralism, Free Trade, World Trade Organization
8 Mar 2018
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Nonaggression: abstaining from military force is a high priority of international relations. Free trade: countries benefit from trading with one another. Human rights: genocide in myanmar, public reaction indicates how serious the issue is. Multilateralism: refers to collective response to common problems (terrorism), most global problems cannot be addressed by any single government. Rule of international law: rules governments need to follow. Centered around economic openness, multilateral institutions, security cooperation, Imf, wm, g-20 (group of most important economies) democratic solidarity, internationalist ideals. Agreed on how to divide the world: how much influence in europe by each nation. As long as they do well in order, they have no reason to overthrow it. Diffusion of powers from governments to non-state actors. Information is putting many transnational issues on the global agenda as it weakens governments" ability to handle them. Individuals and private organizations will undercut power of governments.
