GS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: The Great Game, Chemical Warfare, Global Governance
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International organizations: can be divided into two groups, igos: international governmental organizations are creations of national governments to help coordinate behaviours and solve problems. The united nations: ngos: non-governmental organizations are created by private individuals or interest groups to improve international life. Playing a more important role, they have a moral force without political power. Wwi (1914-1918: known as the great war , nationalist sentiments captured in poems pro patria mari dolce est (it is sweet to die for one"s country, use of chemical warfare, brutal war, use of trenches. Chemical weapons were banned because they killed painfully and slowly: ended in the treaty of versailles (1919, gave rise to the league of nations. League of nations (9139: formed following the end of wwi, supposed to allow countries to solve their differences, first attempt at global governance, led by american president woodrow.
