POLI 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Collective Security, Brandt Report, Critical Security Studies
22 Feb 2016
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Assumptions of anarchy render any peace and security tenuous. Crystalizes in realist theory as peace through strength . Power politics approach sees self-reliance as the ultimate key to survival. During the cold war security was understood to include expansion on the part of the ussr, and the protection of resources on the part of the usa. Multipolarity division of power among three or more states within a system. Bipolarity power divided between two major states. Typically refers to the usa and ussr in the cold war era (1949-1991) Unipolarity - domination of a single global hegemon, specifically the. Some have argued that the bipolar system and the deterrent effect of nuclear weapons is responsible for the long-peace of the cold war. The stability of a unipolar system is debated and its assumptions are challenged by the rise of non-state actors such as al qaeda. Recent conflicts do not lend themselves to realist balance-of-power analysis since they are not essentially state-based.
