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44 Cards in this Set
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Post WWII institutions |
The UN The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Limits on these institutions during the Cold War |
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Emergence of the Cold War |
Bipolar international order US & Soviet union |
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Perestroika |
Restructuring of the economic and political system of the Soviet Union |
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Intermediate and deep causes for the Cold War end |
Associations of liberal and communist ideologies Soviet imperial overstretch and economic decline |
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Post-Cold War |
UN Security Council Awakens WTO expansion IMF & world bank Ethnic conflict |
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Polarity |
Measured in terms of military spending and economic size |
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Consequences of Unipolarity |
States will have to balance, even though it is expensive |
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Hegemonic stability theory |
Cycles in great power politics System in state of equilibrium or balance Differential growth of power Redistribution of power in the system Resolution of systemic crisis System in equilibrium |
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Environment in Intl politics |
It is a new issue not found in initial UN charter UN as a host for internation enviromental confreneces UN as a forum for negotitations for treaties |
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Tension in environmental politics |
North-South divide on historical responsiblity Right to develop Policy priorities Costs of compliance |
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Stockholm 1972 |
UN confrence on Human enviroment States have an obligation to protect own envir Not to damage others Policies should not hamper development "Sustainable development" |
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Montreal Protocol Model
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1987 Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer Phases out use of CFCs Developed states help less developed states |
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Rio |
Official development assitance commitments Golbal enviomrental facility Forum for negotating Kyoto Protocol |
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UNFCCC |
Aimed to lower CO2 emissions Limits were not set initally |
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Overall dificulties with implementation of environmental agreeements |
Finical assitance to gloal south remains low Too few concrete steps taken to make a significant dent toward solving envir problems in Nort Actors generally seme overwhelmed and disillusined with lack of progress |
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History of humanitarian intervention |
Role of religioin and race Unilateral to multilateral Increasing willingness to violate state stoverginty to when exttreme human rights violations are prepertarted |
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1990 humanitarian intervention |
More frequent interventions Rwanda |
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Rules of interventin |
There are no rules |
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Responsiblity to protect |
Effort to turn the debate on its head Responsiblity of sovereign states which must be picked up by the international community if the sovereign state fail |
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When and how intervention occur |
Just cause Last resort Proportional means Right intention |
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HI Authority |
UN security council Alternative multilateral forums |
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Globalization |
Networks of interdependence Environmental Millitary Social Economic |
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Economic openness |
A state offers open access to domestic markets Open market with and without barriers |
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Protectionsim |
Barriers to trade designed to protect domestic producers from outside competition |
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Tariffs |
Increases price of imported goods |
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Subsides |
Decreases price of doemstic goods |
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Quotas |
limits competition with domestic good |
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Free trade agreements |
International treaties that reduce barriers to trade between states |
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Economic openness and growth correlation |
Comparative advatnage Competition New trade theory |
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New trade theory |
Wealthy get wealthier
Poor get poorer |
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Heckscher ohlin model |
Gap between rich and poor recced by comparative advatage in developing countries Wealthy get wealthier in developed countreis |
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Role of institutions |
Can affect distribtuion of gains from trade Tax policy Internation institstions |
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Milner |
Constrain great powers Providing information & reducing transaction costs Facilitating reciprocity Facilitating reform in domestic politics |
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Problems with IFIs |
No impact Captured by powerful developed state Capture by pritavte produces and investors Internal dysfunctions and failure of accountablitity |
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Protectionism |
The impostition of barriers to restrict imports |
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Protectionsim winners and losers |
Winners domestic producers Losers consumers, have to pay a price made artifically higher by trade restrictions |
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WTO/Globaliztion/free trade criticisms |
Effects on global poor, extensive protectionism |
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WTO |
1995 to further institisonsized GATT Doha round 156 countries |
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EU naval intervention |
Smugglers from North Africa detained by Italy |
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Nuclear talks |
US & allies against North Korea |
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South china sea |
John karry with China |
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New state |
Vatican to recognize palestinan state |
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EU voting |
Britain |
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Buliding in antartica |
China |
