POLI 244 Study Guide - Security Dilemma, Robert Jervis, Arms Control
20 Dec 2012
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Cooperation under the security dilemma (robert jervis: anarchy and the security dilemma. Because no one can make or enforce international laws, the policies of cooperation that will bring mutual rewards if others cooperate may bring disaster if they do not. Only takes one person unwilling to participate for the whole thing to derail: although actors may know that they seek a common goal, they may not be able to reach it. Asia) -->ideological buffer zone to prevent attack: security dilemma: many of the means by which a state tries to increase its security decrease the security of others (british navy constituted an important instrument of coercion in war) Prisoner"s dilemma example: different from stag hunt because there is no solution that is in the best interests of all the participants. A world of small states will feel the effects of anarchy much more than a world of large ones.
