PSC 2440 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cuban Missile Crisis, Will Mccants, Liberal Democracy
Document Summary
After 1946 with the creation of the un, a body that has always maintained a critical mass of democracies, that figure fell to 5%, underscoring the importance of international. However, it gives these states a vote to further their own, illiberal agenda: the association of southeast asian nations (asean) incorporated vietnam as a full member near the organization"s inception. While asean doesn"t require democratic governance for membership, the admittance of vietnam, an unabashedly autocratic, single- party state undermines the organization"s principle of mediation through negotiation, as democracy is the first and most critical building block for peace. Neo-liberalism: neo-liberalism conducts analysis only at the international level, strength, because it makes the theory parsimonious. Because of the huge potential consequences of the event, the kennedy administration was forced to act quickly, not having the time to weight every potential variable. Examining the crisis purely from an international perspective led the administration to containment action in time to avoid a nuclear crisis.
