GEOG 1014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: De Beers, Warsaw Pact, Equal Voice
1 Feb 2017
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Most successful economic and political organization of states in modern times if not for all time. Challenges the very nature of the nation state concept itself. The most ginormous, compelling entity on the planet from a trade bloc stand point. So big, complex, and complicated, evolved into so much more than what it started as. It is a trade bloc: hard to see in the modern day because it so much more now. Trade is undisputed strength (cid:1006)7 states (cid:862)u(cid:374)ited tates of eu(cid:396)ope(cid:863) 16-17 trillion dollars gdp **would be single biggest economy if they united. Started here because of war- for most of history this region has clashed with itself. O(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:455)ou"(cid:396)e tied togethe(cid:396) e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272)all(cid:455), it would cost too much for both parties to be worth fighti(cid:374)g ***it"s (cid:449)o(cid:396)ked p(cid:396)ett(cid:455) (cid:449)ell. Steel community- fo(cid:272)used o(cid:374) t(cid:396)ade, (cid:271)ut it (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t f(cid:396)ee (cid:455)et. Made so the(cid:455) (cid:449)ould(cid:374)"t be competing for resource.
