Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: International Atomic Energy Agency, Nuclear Proliferation, List Of States With Nuclear Weapons

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Nigmendra Narain

Document Summary

Realism a power politics model emphasizing: the national interest, national security, the balance of power, neorealism structure: anarchy, polarity. Liberalism an interdependence model emphasizing: cooperation, collective security. Constructivism a model emphasizing the role of beliefs: mediating state interactions, we(cid:374)dt: (cid:862)a(cid:374)arch(cid:455) is (cid:449)hat states (cid:373)ake of it(cid:863) Feminism a critique of masculine biases emphasizing: a challenge to the realist approach, the security paradox. The absence of a threat to the stability: of the international system equilibrium, to countries human security. Changes over time: civil as well as international, civilian as well as military. Increasingly brutal directed toward societal demoralization and destruction. 1968: non-proliferation treaty, in force 1970: 187 signatories south africa, argentina, and brazil have since joined, holdouts: india, pakistan, israel, cuba. 1995: npt review and extension conference indefinite extension agreed. Nws agree: not to transfer weapons to nnws, to begin nuclear disarmament, to help nnws develop nuclear power for civilian use.