POLISCI 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: 1992 European Figure Skating Championships
28 Jun 2015
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Do not want the emergence of a state or a group of state that could cause problems. Want to protect the integrity of your nation state at all costs. Run your country the way you wish to run it. Real threat constant threat of small wars. Be afraid of people who may rise to power like adolf hitler. Precision guided ammunition used by the united states in 1992. Europeans were frightened even though the us seemed friendly (friendly president - bill clinton). Europeans could not count on the us to be friendly forever. **cannot count on your allies to always be your allies. **be aware of your power and the power your allies may have. Actors seek to constrain those actors who subscribe supranational principles. Purpose of the balance of power is to maintain the integrity of a nation-state. Anything that may rise above the superiority of that nation-state is a threat.
