Is Military power largely obsolete
- Created by: Katie Beaumont
- Created on: 09-06-16 11:32
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- Military Power is largely OBSOLETE
- P: UNWINNABLE WARS
- E: States are more likely to avoid war as the outcomes are too difficult to predict.
- E: E.g. When the enemy if not identifiable.
- Seen in the Brussels Attacks when ISIS wore normal civilians clothes (blending in the crowd) with 'Suicide Belts' .
- Demonstrated in guerrilla tactics In Vietnam War- Vietnamese set bamboo traps. Afghanistan War- Afghan troops hid in mountains.
- E: States are more likely to avoid war as the outcomes are too difficult to predict.
- P: TRADE NOT WAR
- E: This is where states will not go to war with other states, if they trade with them, as it will affect their economies badly.
- This means that states no longer have to achieve economic gains by conquest, due to the increase of globalisation.
- E: E.g. The DELL Theory of Conflict Prevention (Friedman) where states are becoming interconnected by trade.
- Prevention of conflict.
- E: E.g. Rise of neo- liberal institutionalism, such as the World Bank
- They give loans to desperate countries, such as Indonesia, on the basis of the govts adopting neo liberal policies.
- E: E.g. The DELL Theory of Conflict Prevention (Friedman) where states are becoming interconnected by trade.
- Prevention of conflict.
- E: E.g. Rise of neo- liberal institutionalism, such as the World Bank
- They give loans to desperate countries, such as Indonesia, on the basis of the govts adopting neo liberal policies.
- E: This is where states will not go to war with other states, if they trade with them, as it will affect their economies badly.
- P: COLD WAR
- E: The Cold War never amounted to military power as it was a war between two competing ideologies: capitalism (USA) and communism (Russia).
- E: The USA and Russia used smart power and fear to make gains (even though they built nuclear missiles).
- P: Asymmetrical Wars
- E: Superpowers and great powers are unable to wage war with a guaranteed likelihood of success.
- E: E.g. Afghanistan War between 2003-2014: There was a failure to secure peace by the US in Afghanistan, which resulted in a different approach to democratisation.
- P: SMART POWER
- E: Joseph Nye has argued that there has been a shift of power from hard to smart power, meaning there has been a rise of diplomacy, making military power redundant.
- E:The USA failed to secure peace in Afghanistan which led to a different approach to democratisation.
- P: CULTURAL GLOBALISATION
- E: The increase of cultural globalisation has led to the spread of democracy, due to the rise of technology and media.
- E.g. Qatar News and Al Jazeera led to the revolution in the name of democracy, in the Middle East.
- The media's enforcement of soft power led to dictators being overthrown, establishing free and fair elections in Tunisia, Egypt and Morrocco.
- P: UNWINNABLE WARS
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