IR and Global Politics Flashcards
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Percent of wars
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95% of wars are within states rather than between them.
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Wars ending
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100 wars ended between 1989 and 1992
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Nuclear powers
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9 nuclear powers
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Unipolar post Cold War order?
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Only great power, as denied by Waltz Multipolar world BRICS challenging unipolarity Only through us cultural hegemony Economic interdependence Actually a system of regional powers
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Implications of the rise of the BRICS
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Offensive realist challenge to US Tensions Few implications, US hegemony Balancing power in multipolar world Already a system of regional power Shifts western dominated focus
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Do interstate relations still take place in the shadow of war
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Total war no longer happens Unipolar world Economic interdependence discourage Other types of war such as trade Shadow still exists - nuclear Rising tensions
