POLI 360 Lecture 5: Lecture 5- Realism and Interstate War
12 May 2014
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Stephen harper is in israel committed 60m in aid per year for the palestinian authority look at canada"s interest as a voice in that conflict and peace process. Geneva ii talks regarding the syrian crisis lots of arm-twisting by the us and uk to get parties to commit to attending controversial un proposal that invited iran to these talks, pissing off the us and others. How does obama address/defend nsa programs to date? he defends past programs, saying the defense community has taken steps to ensure private citizens" safety has been secured. Legal: makes the legal argument first, saying it was all within the confines of the law. American exceptionalism? special obligation to security? to civil liberties? draws comparisons to the fact that this debate would not be happening in china or russia exceptionalism applied to both security aspect and civil liberties. Nsa will need (fisa) court permission to query phone databases.
