POLSCI 160 Chapter 5: FLS Chapter 5 (183-231)
17 Oct 2017
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The international system has no police force analogous to what exists in most countries. Which means that there is variation in the ways the international community responds to acts of aggression. Alliances are relatively small groups of actors who work together to meet common threats or address common needs. Alliances and collective security organizations both influence whether or not outsiders will intervene in the event that war breaks out. Alliances form when states have compatible interests that motivate them to cooperate militarily. Core function: strengthen the commitment that allies make to one another and to signal that commitment to others in a credible manner. Alliances: why promise to fight someone else"s war. Alliances are institutions that help their members cooperate militarily in the event of a war. Us currently has defensive alliances with: south korea, japan, canada and many western and central european countries (nato)
