IAFF 1005 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Security Dilemma, Gender Mainstreaming, Social Reality
26 Mar 2020
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Leaders designate other states as friend or enemy based on perspective of identity. Importance of transnational networks: ngos, activist networks, criminal orgs. Central shared assumption: security is a social construction therefore states perceive it and pursue it differently. Focus on international institutions and organizations (organizations that regulate interactions between states) Economic interdependence means that states cooperate because their economies are linked (eu, nato,un) Democratic peace thesis: democracies do not fight each other. Democratic countries generally more peaceful or they use force based on the use of force in relation to other democratic countries. Dominant ir theory, most often used to refer to arguments that give priority to the state"s national interests and their military and economic power. Key divide from other theories is that it focuses on the structure of the international system and state motives. Power is the defining feature of international environments, ir system anarchic, distribution of power polarity.
