PLIR 3400 Lecture 8: 09.17.15
18 Aug 2016
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Sep 17 [c] robert kagan, superpowers don"t get to retire, [2014] [c] andrew bacevich, the duplicity of the ideologues [2014] Bacevich: a colonel in vietnam and his son died in iraq. Kagan: from a non-military family of military thinkers. Bacevich: ad hominem attack -- attack on kagan. Military records vs non military: a broader question of what that means. We didn"t help when russia crushed pro-democracy movements in. The us had to be very careful. But now, balance of power more favorable towards the us. So, in theory, us can do much more. Kagan: world gets better after 1945 (same argument as pinker) Bipolarity replaces multipolarity, and in turn is replaced by unipolarity. The un is founded and is followed by a multitude of other igos. Un is put together to trick american citizens to take on this burdening role. First cooperation was to deliver the mail. Third wave began in the 1970s (south america, portugal and spain)
