IS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Neoliberalism, Collective Security, Nuclear Proliferation

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: International Studies
• Course: IS 200
• Professor: Brenda Lyshaug

Document Summary

Value of i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)atio(cid:374)al i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)s (cid:894)un, wto, nato, etc (cid:895) redu(cid:272)e likelihood of (cid:449)ar. Collective security: collectively indicate the sovereign right, when the sovereign right is attacked by a bigger state. (gulf war 1991) Optimism about the possibility of cooperation, interests that they share make cooperation accessible. They cooperated to secure the iran nuclear deal. They share interests in the areas of climate change and preventing nuclear proliferation. Free trade promotes peace: expanding free trade, doing that will diminish the likelihood of war. Trade brings both parties more benefits, states are self-interested. It makes states economically interdependent: they rely on each other for goods. China needs the us market to sustain its growth, the us is in debt to china. Lack of information can be a barrier to cooperation. Organizations can monitor compliance, discourage free-riding, reassure governments. Rational actors are able to give up short term individual interests for long term communal interests (which benefit them indirectly) in short come.