Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Global Governance, John Ikenberry, John Mearsheimer

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Charles Jones

Document Summary

I(cid:374)sta(cid:271)ility: no poles at all an (cid:858)apolar(cid:859) (niall ferguson) or (cid:858)nonpolar(cid:859) (richard. Haass) world: multiple polarities military unipolarity, economic multipolarity. But is unipolarity over: a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) de(cid:272)li(cid:374)e has (cid:271)ee(cid:374) predi(cid:272)ted (cid:271)efore (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1011)(cid:1004)(cid:859)s a(cid:374)d (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1012)(cid:1004)(cid:859)s, sources of continued strength military power, resilient and adaptive society, attractiveness of american international order (cid:858)(cid:272)halle(cid:374)gers(cid:859) (cid:449)a(cid:374)t i(cid:374) Beyond economic power: military: heightened spending, up to level of second-ranked powers not chasing usa, (cid:858) oft po(cid:449)er(cid:859): co(cid:374)fu(cid:272)ius i(cid:374)stitutes, glo(cid:271)al (cid:373)edia, i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)atio(cid:374)al aid, debt relief and low-cost loans, structural power: limited national interest, not global governance. Realists on china: john mearsheimer, (cid:862)(cid:272)hi(cid:374)a (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ot rise pea(cid:272)efully(cid:863) Chi(cid:374)a(cid:859)s pea(cid:272)eful rise: early 20th-century rise of germany and japan led to total wars, but different for china, american military lead immense, a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) order (cid:862)easty to joi(cid:374), hard to o(cid:448)ertur(cid:374)(cid:863) (joh(cid:374) Ikenberry: bitter memories and nationalism vs. present success, neighbors concerned, but also cutting military budgets.