INTL 3200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nations Of Nineteen Eighty-Four, Preventive War, Bandwagoning
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Ex: when germany attacked poland, uk and france claimed war against. States behave towards one another based largely on mutual exchanges that entail interdependent benefits or disadvantages. Formal international organizations and informal regimes that establish common rules to regularize contacts and communications. The circumstances the policy maker is in are more important than the characteristics of the policy maker. A global putatively bloodless conflict between the us and the ussr resulting in massive arms buildups, international conflicts, and proxy wars. As both sides acquired equivalent capabilities, the deterrence strategy settled on mutual assured. Un depended on the relationships and interactions within institutions that would breed trust and cooperation. European coal steal community (1951), european economic community & european. Un actions compelling countries by fore or threat of force to follow the terms of un resolutions. Non state actor: decline of state actors globalization have less power (realist dominance of power) (liberalist development of international organization)