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| From Past to Present with China and Europe |
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Balance of Power (mostly British, French) --> German domination
Treaty System in China --> Open Door Policy (set up by Britain, France, Germany, US, and Russia too), which is being overthrown by Japan |
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states as actors pursuing interests
not chaotic or random but repeated patterns of behavior, structured behavior
system- not all states interacting, system made up of great powers |
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| Power and state relations |
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state with greater coercive ability (USSR, Germany, Britain)
What types of interactions are we looking at? - relative coercive capabilities of states, pattern of cooperation and conflict among states, ex. Anglo-Japanese alliance which lasted 20 years (1902-1922): major alliance between major power and Asian power
Send Japan down unilateral approach toward China |
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| What were some major patterns of conflict? |
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| Balance of Power, Treaty System, Tributary system, formation of Tri-partied alliance, Formation of grand alliance that's going to defeat Germans and Japanese (still sort of dealing with today) |
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laws, international treaties, international norms, ideologies, beliefs - relation between this and power:
Kissinger - at least for US that has strong moral beliefs (American belief of democracy) - American people will have this normative expectation and given that, US diplomacy has to be based on moral leg and force, can't do without either |
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| Europe and China coming together |
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| Clash of power, sign treaties as equals, Chinese were more reluctant and Japanese who were not on top were more willing to accept |
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| internal combustion engine, telecommunication, sailing close to wind, gunpowder revolution - the ones that have the capacity to learn, relative capabilities of states are not equal, shift of capabilities over time and role of new technology, organization |
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| oceans help, for most of human history: oceans were barriers but now are highways, geography and technology interact, big picture is that geography is becoming less important |
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Appeasement didn't work in case of Hitler
Policies matter and choices of policies matter
Reasons do not make policies sound (ex. Japan's decision to align with Germany and hit up South East Asia for resources)
Reassurance (Bismarck)
Coming together of East and West - US has been derivative of Europe |
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| How do we maintain peace? |
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| si vis pacem, para bellum: those who want peace must prepare for war (has been implicit in this course and has been implicit in power politics) |
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