Power And Commands Of The Commonds

Question 1

Hegemonic stability theory

Answer 1

Global economic stagily- especially the provision of free trade- depends of the existence of a hegemon.
Hegemon = a country with disproportionate power and resources, which not only benefits from free trade but also provides the necessary institutional framework and leadership for its operation.

Structural power: the gentian creates and enforce rules for global trade (WTO). Structural cost : resource intensive, only a hegemon can afford them

Question 2

Power and purpose in Hst

Answer 2

Power alone is insufficient to guarantee the establishment of a free trade system, purpose is to equally important. The hegemon must have a liberal trade ideology to pursue free trade policies

Question 3

Tragedy of the commons

Answer 3

Garret Hardin 1968

A situation where individual or countries explore the commons resulting in depletion of destruction.

Solutions: property rights, regulation or international agreements (UNCLOS)

Question 4

Jeffry Hendrix (April 2023)

Answer 4

If you like Walmart, I often told my mother, then you ought to love the US Navy. It’s the navy that makes Walmart possible.

Logistic and global trade: secure free routes and freedom of navigation to move products cheaply and efficiently. uS navy’s military presence to securing trade

Question 5

Commons

Answer 5

Shared resources that are accessible to all members of a community or society. These resources are not owned by any inidividual but are collectively used and managed , often by with no clear exclusionary boundaries. Can be understood at both local and global scale

Question 6

Global commons

Answer 6

Areas of resources that are shared by all nations and are not owned by any single country or entity:

Oceans, spaces, atmosphere and antártica

Power and politics help us understand how international cooperation and policies could prevent the overuse or degradation of these commons

Question 7

UNCLOS

Answer 7

International legal framework designed to solve the problem of the tragedy of the commons in the context of the oceans

Ocean as a common pool resource, but applies different legal framework to different parts of the ocean, turning the ocean into different types of goods. Exclusive economic zones vs. high seas

Question 8

Colmans of the commons is key for the US global position

Answer 8

Command of the commons is the military enable of the US global power position. It allows the US to exploit more fully other sources of power, including own economic and military might as well as economic and military might of its alliances .