POLI 2057 Chapter : POLI SCI MT EXAM NOTES
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Science is de ned by its method not its content. 2 laws of international con ict: democratic peace: promotes democracy to instill peace; democracies rarely go to war with each other. Democratic paci sm: states that democracies will not go to war; no support for this theory; democracies are more prone to go to war in general; just not with each other. Pakistan) it was a 3 month con ict over border area. Said the strong do what they can and the weak submit to what they must; veitnam con ict in the cold war (us didn"t want to look weak: thucydides trap: Fear in hegemon: real life examples: (on moodle: 1 instance th trap end in war and one ends in peace) Modern day thucydides trap: us and china. Thucydides trap that resulted in war: us and soviet union (1940-80) Thucydides trap that did not result in war: japan and us (mid 20th century)
