IR 210 1st Edition Lecture 2 Current Lecture Nation nation state state What do we expect a state to do Security protect citizens Provides infrastructure Provide a safety net Maintain order Protect sovereignty against other nations Opportunities for social mobility Three areas of activity to be a nation state First Level basic level minimal requirements to be a nation state 1 Protect borders 2 Means of exchange or marketplace 3 System of law and order justice failed state doesn t do one or more of the three areas of activity Second Level accumulation of wealth 1 Taxes a Infrastructure investment freeways airports ports b Small business loans Third Level redistribution Give back funds to citizens to keep system happy Make sure some people aren t too wealthy and not have too many benefits Ex student loans state universities How far to we go to redistribute Political culture How does our relationship with other states influence what we do for our citizens How does globalization affect our state s ability to redistribute resources Review the charts Identify common assumptions and critical differences Voices foundations modern contemporary Know major IR voices and core assumptions Is IR dominated by western ideas and theories Problems Marginalization of certain voices IR dominated by western texts Translation of western literature Case Studies consider the issues in stories from contending world viewpoints Trying to Find Oz Why was she asked to leave Australia No proof of citizenship did not meet the requirements of refugee Why couldn t they just hide this Didn t want to strain relationship with China Push for immigration policy reform in Australia anti immigrant History Australia has not been friendly to China World viewpoints Machiavellian strongly opposed to open immigration nationalism Egalitarians quality of lifers private enterprisers Machiavellian standpoint Trade with China Use this as a way of leverage nations against one another Security issues Not worth making an issue domestic issue not an international relations issue Keep out of headlines Keep in mind electoral votes Concerns Grotian standpoint Should she be able to stay What is the international law precedent Want a rule based system reciprocity If we kick this person out they ll kick our people out situation regarding extradition Broader IR issues Think in terms of a funnel Is this just about China and Australia Or their image in the world Trust and reciprocity Does Australia emphasize human rights Niche diplomacy Kantian standpoint Where do you find them NGOs Think Tanks Doctors without Borders Amnesty International etc Critical factor protect human rights National approach vs human interest approach Second Application Is Obama a socialist In between egalitarian and private enterprise Society vs community Rwanda Why does poverty and inequality persist Rockwood Case Why is this case like the Oz case Individual up against the system Big decision has to be made Involves a debate between human rights and following rules Potential of another country intervening National interest vs human interest What do we know about Captain Rockwood Comes from a military family Wanted to be a priest Inspired by a speech given by Clinton Clinton said that we re fighting against human atrocities Inspired by the fact that we can help Haitians develop a democracy like ours American rulebook human rights freedom equality justice Why are we going into Haiti Stable government in Haiti Close to Florida Clinton s interest illegal immigrants from Haiti to Florida Florida has a lot of electoral votes