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Midterm 2 Review (Realist paths to war (Realist Paths to peace (Balance…
Midterm 2 Review
Realist paths to war
Fundamental conflict of interest
Security dilemma/Unintended wars
Preemptive ars
Power Transition Theory
Major war most likely when declining leader is being overtaken by a rising challenger
Preventive war
Hegemonic War
Realist Paths to peace
Balance
External
Internal
Bandwagoning
Joining with the rising power
Realist Strategies for survival
Mearshimer
Gaining power
War
Blackmail
Bait-bleed
Bloodletting
Checking Agressors
Good
Buckpassing
Balancing (External & Internal)
Bad
Appeasement
Bandwagoning
R2P & Norms of Intervention
Basis of norm of humanitarian intervention
International Human rights law
Protects all individual human rights
International Humanitarian Law
Protects non participants in conflict
Responsibility to protect
State has responsibility to protect population from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing
International community has responsibility to assist the state in fulfilling this responsibility
Should the state fail, international community has responsibility to intervene
Paradigms
Cosmopotalian
Focuses on protection of individuals, intervention can be justified
Communitarian
Skeptical of intervention, euphanizes sovereignty
When is war most likely
Waltz
Imbalance of power
Security dilemma accurate
Blainey
Balanced power
Disagree on outcome
What is power
Relational
A has the power to make B do something
Dahl
Unit-Level
A has a lot of military capability
Mearshimer
Statehood
Soverignty
Defined territory, defined population, centralized government
Internal
Recognition from other states
External
Monopoly on legitimate use of force
Security Dillema
Fearon
Defensive actions can be mistaken for offensive actions
Can lead to
Greater instability within system
US missiles based in Turkey
Bargaining model of war
Fearon
Why is war irrational
War is always costly
Both should negotiate for same end result
Negotiation does not occur
That little line thing
Reasons for war
Issue indivisibility
Commitment issues
Information Asymetrics
Blainey on the Balance of Power
You can only tell balance of military power after the war
States go to war when they disagree about their relative power
Each think they can win