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GO131: International Relations Professor Walter Hatch Colby College Closing Thoughts
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How far have we come?
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From Ignorance?
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To Enlightenment?
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Well, let’s see…
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We’ve examined IR theory Realists Liberals Constructivists Marxist-Leninists Feminists
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We’ve applied theory to cases WWI WWII Cold War
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We’ve studied security issues Weapons of Mass destruction Ethnic and religious conflict Old and new interventionism
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We’ve studied economic issues The North-South divide Trade and Finance Globalization and regionalism
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We’ve studied legal issues Treaties, conventions, norms ICJ vs. ICC “Shaming”
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We’ve studied environmental issues Global warming Ozone depletion Loss of bio-diversity
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We’ve asked: Who matters? States? Intergovernmental organizatons? Non-state actors? NGOs MNCs Terrorist Networks Civilizations?
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But we haven’t yet looked ahead
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Two Linked Issues Terrorism Anti-Americanism
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Terrorism
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History French Revolution’s “Reign of Terror” (1793-4) Anti-czarist Russians (1878-9) National liberation struggles (since 1960s) Provisional IRA Basque ETA Chechens Uighurs Tamil Tigers
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Islam-ism
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Politics of Definitions “Premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against non-combatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience.” US State Dept Any action “intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians or noncombatants, when the purpose of such act, by its nature or context, is to intimidate a population or to compel a government or an international organization to do or abstain from doing any act.” UN study panel (2004)
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Tokyo (March 1945) Dresden (February 1945)
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Political Islam
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Political Christianity Abortion clinic in Birmingham, AL (1998)
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Common Denominators Erosion of faith Decline of tradition Eclipse of “the local”
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Jihad McWorld vs
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Anti-Americanism
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Two More Big Issues for your generation …
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Climate Change
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Global Poverty
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