HIST 2102H Chapter Notes - Chapter N/A: Asymmetric Warfare, Western Bloc, Military Elite
20 Feb 2016
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Is the weak state the cause of the world"s important conflicts? (pp. With no claims to legitimacy the soviet bloc collapsed of its own accord, pushed aside by force of example rather than force of arms. If the western states acquire a reputation for hesitation when it comes to intervention, then weak states which feel vulnerable to external threat must look to stronger local powers to protect them. On this new basis new alliances may start to form, creating as did alliance in the past a mechanism by which conflicts might spread: are liberal democracies inherently peace loving ? (pp. 105-107: liberalism becomes either unself-consciously patriotic or inherently peace-loving", liberalism does appear to disrupt the pursuit of balance-of-power politics. Thus its foreign relations cannot be adequately explained (or prescribed) by a sole reliance on the balance of power. But liberalism is not inherently peace-loving"; nor is it consistently restrained or peaceful in intent.
