climate change, globalization, and the future of international relations Flashcards
what is populism?
“the corrupt elite” vs. “the pure people”
reflects concerns about how different groups are faring in the modern economy
what is affective partisanship?
tendency for partisans to dislike and distrust those from the other party
what is globalization?
interdependence of world’s economies, cultures, populations brought together by cross-trade in goods and services, technology, and flows of investment, people, and information
who gains? least globalized countries
who loses? working class people
what is a “populist” attitude?
- low levels of political trust
- low levels of external political efficacy
- anti-elitisn
- belief in “the will of the people”
postive: identifies legit systemic problems, mobilizes groups of people to seek change, helps people rerestablish control
negative: focus on revenge , unwilling to acknowledge that world is changing, feeds on conspiracy theories
what is ikenberry’s argument?
liberal states can “win the peace” through stragic restrains
what is trade-off?
dominant countries relinquish authority but lock-in balance of power
what is the “liberal international order”?
- free trade
- multilateral institutions
- liberal democracy
- us leadership
what are the claims of allisons “the myth of the liberal order”?
- liberal order -> long peace since end of ww2
- us foreign policy has focused on building the liberal order since ww2
- primary threat to global stability: anti-globalist sentiment and populism
what is the future of the liberal order?
- renegotiation of nafta under trump, continued trade war with china under biden
- unsc - failure to respons
- liberal democracy
- us alliances and leadership
what is the resilient liberal order?
- interdependence deeply embedded in modern society
- liberal democratic capitalist soc adept
- survival doesn’t need all states to be lib dem
- return of ideological rivalry
- difficult to undo or exit existing ios
