Fuck It Flashcards
USA 2015
37% Global military spending
GDPpc $53000
16/20 top global unis
Soft Power Aspects
History
Culture
Diplomacy
Hard Power Aspects
Military
Economy
US military examples
Removed Saddam 2003 (Iraq)
1991 Gulf War
Afghanistan 2001
War on Terror
Post War political power examples
USA containment
UK Commonwealth aid
(Caribbean development)
Post War Independence Conflicts
Rhodesia Guerilla War
IRA
Malaya communist insurrection
2010 China Imports
80% African Mineral Products
MINTs
Mexico
Indonesia
Nigeria
Turkey
BRICs main influences
Commodity trade
Military expenditure
GG emissions
G20 main influences
Long run financial action
Unilateral action
Upward climate progress
G20 climate action
$1.1T ‘green stimulus package’
Remove FF subsidies
FDR 1945 council
The Four Policemen
UK, US, USSR, China
Responsible for guaranteeing peace
Syria 2015/16
Humanitarian Crisis
UK + US aid
UK $1.5b pledge
UN Security Council
Authorise conflict resolution
Sanctions
Insist on ICJ
2016, 16 peacekeeping missions
International Court of Justice
Nine Judges
Hague
Resolves legal + political disputes of UN member states
UN problems
Relations between permanent members
China abstinence
Poor engagement
Military alliances
NATO
ANZUS
2014 CO2 Leaders
China - 9.7B tonnes
US - 5.6B tonnes
2010 Oil Spill
Deepwater Horizon Rig
450m litres
Gulf of Mexico
Commodity water requirements
15000 litres per kilo of beef
1250 liters per kilo of wheat
Agriculture emission profile
8-18% of GG emissions
Superpower environmental degredation
Landscape scarring
Fossil Fuels
Deforestation
Oil
Rare Earth elements
Generation worth $4b annually
Reliant companies worth $5b
China produces 85%
Rare Earth pollution
One tonne can produce 2000 tonnes of toxic waste
Carcinogenic water products
Climate Change ‘Tragedy of the Commons’
All countries benefit from reducing in long run
Countries lose out in the short run by initiating GG reduction
Other nations free ride on benefits
