POLI 243 Chapter Notes - Chapter article: Robert Brenner, Economic Globalization, Kenneth Waltz

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 243
• Professor: Anthony Imbrogno

Document Summary

Did the collapse of the soviet union also marked the effective termination of geopolitics on a global scale: negative answer from realists. Kenneth waltz germany and japan would develop into great powers armed with nuclear weapons. Huntington the formation of an anti-hegemonic coalition. Bush ad(cid:373)i(cid:374)istratio(cid:374)(cid:859)s pro(cid:272)la(cid:373)atio(cid:374) of a (cid:862)lo(cid:374)g war(cid:863) agai(cid:374)st terroris(cid:373) imperialism + the unrivalled hegemony of the us and the proliferating discourse of globalization. Marxist discussion of imperialism (cid:858)orga(cid:374)ized (cid:272)apitalis(cid:373)(cid:859) concentration and centralization of capital geopolitical rivalries - geopolitical conflict continues in the post-cold war era. Kiely (cid:862)the i(cid:374)(cid:272)reased glo(cid:271)alizatio(cid:374) of (cid:272)apital does(cid:374)ot mean the erosion of the nation state or the end of a hierarchical nation-state s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)(cid:863) Disadvantage of equating conflicts between states with the polarization of the state system into great power blocs that prevailed between the 1890s and 1991. Implication: conflicts among states tend to take the form of general war between the great powers/ the apparent absence of such a.