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Internat Politic Mid
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| international Order | Regularized practice of exchange among discrete political unites that reconginze eachother |
| Sovereignty | final authority over the rules and norms that order a political community |
| Holy Roman Empire | Emperor’s authority comes from God via the Pope |
| 30 years war and Peace of Westphilia | challenges legitimacy of Emperor Westphalia establishes idea of “sovereign equality” among multiple states ➤ Sovereignty can be held by multiple, equally legitimate, authorities that recognize each other as such |
| Concert of Europe and Revolutions | Revolution against monarchical rule in Europe transforms ideas about legitimate sovereignty in the 18th and 19th century COE: Rulers solidify principle of sovereign equality among themselves to protect spheres of influence |
| Industrialization | European rulers and private companies competed to monopolize trade routes fueled by importing raw materials from overseas and exporting manufactured products |
| British East India Company | manage trade , expanded trading posts and factories through agreements with the Mughal Empire Emperor dies, so brtian assert political and military control. Trade policies dismantled the Indian textile industry and flooded market with brit stuff |
| Inidan Rebellion | Led to Britain take full control of the British East Inida company and Sovereignty of India |
| Great Divergence | The Industrial Revolution in Western Europe led to a period of economic growth and prosperity that set Europe and North America apart from the rest of the world Rise in inequality |
| Berlin Conference | European states + companies want to expand trade with Africa so have a conference without Africa present establish territorium nullius |
| territorium nullius | African policies dont have territorial sovereignty, so Europe can claim sovereignty |
| Scramble for Africa | European states fights to get sovereignty over african countries which increase military conquests |
| Hoboson on Imperalism | capitalism was producing a financial class that could manipulate state govt to wage war |
| Wed Dubois/ The color line | racial discrimination |
| World War 1 | -started with the death of austria -hungry heir -total war --> social and economic is all mobilized for war -women took male jobs -colonized fought for colonizers --> undermined colonial rule |
| League of Nations | -created b/c couldnt afford another WW by Wison provide collective security and negotiation -No US -brit and Fran imp power (mandate system- rule until others are fit) -German and Japan left b/c denied imperial power - create internat. help for issue |
| Ethiopia and Collapse of LON | -Italy attack fellow LON member ethiopia -ethiopia tried to appeal to collective security of LON -Italy eventually just left due to criticism |
| LON contribute to WW2 | LON contributed b/c France and Brit just tried to use the negotiation power of LON instead of increasing their military power against hitler |
| WW2 | -German Invades Poland -Pearl Harbor |
| Atlantic Charter | FDR and Churchill collaborated on set of principles to define the cause of the Allied Powers 1. national self determination 2.fixed territorial borders 3.equal access to commerce |
| UN | draws from Atlantic Charter - internat peace and security build relations, cooperate on problems -General assembly: everyone has vote but no action has to happen -Securty Council: powers have vetos to stop any action (US, SU, China, France, BRrtian) |
| Impossible Hybrid of UN | UN mission is contradictory at times because it is meant to serves the best interest of a member state but also everyone as a global collective |
| Working Peace System | UN International agencies are functional then less states would want to mess it up so no wars would occur because it would increase price of agency business, states would be dependent on these agencies |
| UNGA 1960 Declaration of Granting Indepence to Colonial Countries and people | -only a suggestion no action was made |
| COLD WAR | - West v. Russia (SU) West: saw russia as causing worker uprising -Russia- feared Europe continued presence in politics -E.Europe was buffer zone |
| Bombing of Hirosima by US | Russia was able to declare war on them and prob would have won, but US decided to bomb them to get sole occupying power |
| Truman Doctrine | Speech to congress about Greece communist and need to help teh anti communist regime b/c of domino theory |
| Marshall Plan | -Us makes massive investments to help rebuild Europe w/ loans that favor free market and anti comm. -COngress at first said no b/c wanted to be done with war and focas on US until Czech lost democratic party which was last one in E.Europe |
| Berlin Airlift | -German surrends to lots of different powers and gets spilt up amoungst them, captial goes to SU, Stalian puts a blockaid in West Berlin to attempt to control it all, SU comes in an breaks the blockaid setting precent of US in european bases |
| NATO | military alliance of European and North American countries |
| Nuclear powers of US | used as a deterent from teh SU expansion in Europe, as only viable counter to SU into germany, SU scared with Nuclear Weapons so wont invade, US military permentaley in West E. |
| Cuban Missle Crisis | Us concerned Castro govt in Cuba, Us tries to overthrow Castro, SU put missiles in Cuba to deter the US, US quaratines Cuba and has missles in Turkey, Both Su and US remove missle to acoid another war |
| Non allined movement | countries that didnt allign with US or SU during cold war, eventually had to as they needed money from Us and SU for reconstruction |
| Belgrade Conference | No aligned movement countries fought for decolonization, disarment, democratizing Un and getting rid of S.C because it is used too much and has too much power |
| Lasting effects of cold war | - S.c veto power no more distition of peace and war time |
| Post World war 2 economy | -goal was to focus on stbalizing global monetary system and encourage reconstruction post war and trade |
| Bretton Woods Agreement | focus on stablization after ww2 ad pro state regulation -IMF, Wolrd Bank, Gatt, fixed currency rates |
| Washinton Consensus | -focus on dereugaltion and advocation for nonliberal economic policies (free markert) and loan conditionality changes for IMF, World B, and US treasury to make loan contigent on lowering countrys spending and regulation |
| OPEC Third world debt Crisis | -states rely on foregin investment but OPEC price of oil up it decreased the raw material prices which funded 3rd world countries. OPEC put money into internat comm banks which caused up in loan interest rates -->countries could afford to pay back loans |
| WTO (relaces GATT) | -create rules w/ traiffs and trade, countries up interest in free market dominated when SU fell, and US control of these places - membership -stalled as developed and developing coundnt agree on policies -increase inequality and growth |