POLI 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ethnocentrism, Zero-Sum Game, High Politics

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 360
• Professor: T.V.Paul

Document Summary

Six dimensions of security: military, political, economic, societal, environmental, human: some countries though security depended on controlling all the territory. China wanted all of asia: canada active bc it"s a part of n to -> it couldn"t remain neutral. When a nation tries to build up army to secure, the neighbor gets threatened and increase their arms, creating cycle of security dilemma: end up becoming an arms race. Jarvis - concept developed during cold war: rivalries make this more common, but some countries can ignore a neighbor"s build up. For peace keeping, a country needs to build up regardless of other countries. Interdependence/democracy helps to keep this issue down (less frequent) Four dimensions of security: military, political, societal, and environmental: military security requires capability, leads to dilemma. The people individuals need to be safe and free from threats of violence, hunger, and war. Syria, the biggest threat is the state (cid:507)isn"t able to protect is people(cid:508)