IR 210 1st Edition Lecture 15 Current Lecture The momentum of the heating and the momentum of the economy that powers it can t be turned off quickly enough to prevent hideous damage Bill McKibben A world of weather weirding Natural world exploited and abused by actors In all policy worlds NGOs informational associations and loose collaborations are forming a vast number of connections across national borders and inserting themselves into a wide range of decisionmaking processes on issues from international security to human rights Are NGOs taking power away from states or are they making it easy for states to survive Are they filling in when states are fragile or failing not a worldview question Providing services that keep society stable Prevent radical transformation Allows leaders of states to stay in power but not doing what they re supposed to do NGOs are filling in NGOs are enabling states to keep doing what they re not doing We ve learned that the state is supposed to do these activities at the very basic point states have to do defining activities NGOs often have to step and help a state do the defining activities What does a Machiavellian think Definition of power o Hard power vs soft power NGOs provide soft power What should the United States do in Iran worldview question Foundations Non state actor established as a charitable trust or a not for profit INGO making grants to institutions or individuals Sources for funds and change Fund epistemic communities knowledge society experts in a given field that seek to understand a problem and prescribe solutions to them Gates Foundation supports projects in over 100 countries Rockerfeller Foundation promote the well being of humanity New theme smart globalization a world in which globalization s benefits are more widely shared Macarthur Foundation security peace and ending nuclear proliferation Think Tanks and Research Institutes Provide critical information and expertise Incubators for government specialists Policy analysis and evaluation Foreign Policy Research Institute identified 5 000 think tanks in 169 countries 60 in US Europe and Canada Complexity if global challenges requires more research What is important to study Complexity of global challenges requires more research Criminal and Terrorist Networks Wars we are not winning human trafficking drug trade piracy end of policy world discussion Controversies in the Social World 1 The Power Shift Issue Are global civil society actors taking power away from states a Do they help states provide for citizens in rough times b Do they take over for states causing governments to never fix things because NGOs are there 2 Transparency Issues Who or what do these groups represent a Political Super Pacs b Accountability Where do your contributions go 3 Some NGOs have become like mega corporations elitism a Crowding out smaller and more local groups 4 A new form of western colonialism or paternalism a Giving outsiders with an agenda too much power b Problem in the cultural and political world there is a collision here 5 Concentration of knowledge production in the core states a Colleges brain drain All four worlds depend on resources and environmental conditions for wealth and power Short term versus long term thinking Global Governance 21 1 Sustainable development Environmental Issues post poners incrementalists zealots o Zealots have a very strong green position Critical Issues energy resources clean water and air climate change resource wars World War 4 Andrew Bacevich Resource refugees and resource capture Scarcity and conflict Extreme weather resulting in drought and starvation in fragile states Outside intervention neo colonialism to control resources Regimes to govern the global commons Economic World Accumulation of wealth mostly dependent on nonrenewable resources fossil fuels Increased vulnerability slow moving Cuban missile crisis As green rules increase in one state the result is an increased search for areas with no rules o Paint companies in Los Angeles moving to Mexico Climate change increases costs of commerce Key Problem no economic belief system values the environment as more than a useable commodity Cultural World Religion rapture idea conservative Christians Earth is for us to use and once depleted rapture end of the world Stewardship view we are stewards of God s gift the Earth Popular culture spread of consumerism vs rising tide of environmentalism Political culture capitalism sovereignty issue vs environmental issues rarely respect boundaries acid rain pollution from China Social World NGOs Think Thanks Foundations and scientists pushing for a change in conventional thinking