POLS 100S Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Kofi Annan, Humanitarian Intervention, Siege Of Melos
15 May 2017
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International politics has changed since classical authors like thucydides and his. No longer is it necessarily true that the strong decide while the weak accepted. In the contemporary world where there are so many small nations, one will see. Small countries are often getting their way when faced with a hostile big power. Martin luther"s undermining of the legitimacy of the religious empires in the 15th century afforded the independence the princes of the time had been waiting for. Thus, beginning the early foundations of the sovereignty and individuality of states as an international norm. An example of this as shown by stoessinger was after amnesty international released a report on the immense human rights violations carried out by iraqis in kuwait. Bush could talk about was the barbarism of saddam"s troops. 3 still, the presence of such organizations like. Amnesty international or humans rights watch illustrates the influence of the humanist movement.
