POL SCI 126 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Munich Agreement, Status Quo, Nikita Khrushchev
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Negotiation: concept, why do states negotiate, extension agreements, designed to prolong an arrangement or state of affairs. If war is being fought negotiations are influenced by the battlefield like who is winning: redistribution agreement, one side demands redistribution of costs such as territory, money, etc, what one side gains the other side loses. State that wants to change will likely use force. Status quo state will agree good relations with the state that wants to change i. e. china might be willing to make some changes despite hurting themselves to keep good relations. To avoid punishments and maybe it would like to keep g: innovation agreements. Sets up something new like the eu: side effects. Sometimes states negotiate to make themselves look good and don"t even want an agreement. Sometimes states negotiate to keep or stall the other side from using force: this was used by us when it came to berlin.
