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PS 103 Global Political IssuesStudy Guide: October 2014This is a list of the terms and concepts that I found particularly important. I am drawing from the lecture material; if we didn’t talk about it in class, it seems unfair to me to test students about it. You should understand the terms/concepts, but also be able to link them (up and down the list) to other terms/concepts and understand how they relate to each other. This is (as best I can manage) in the order we discussed them.Russia/UkraineNot a war, but clearly violentRole of ethnic groups in conflictEffect of Russian history on Russian perceptionsUkrainian revolutionUS’s interests and goalsSanctionsLots of effects: EU, global gas/oil prices, Syria, Iran, etc (long list)PakistanNuclear weaponsStruggle for democracy; civil-military affairsDifficult relationship with the USASyria/Iraq/ISIS (we talked about them at least twice; I’m lumping all of that together here in the study guide)Many different actors have interests: Iraq, Syria, USA, Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, ethnic groups in a variety of states (Iraq and Syria, tostart with, but also in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the refugees in Lebanon, Turkey, andJordan); note interlinked nature of Iraq and Syria’s issuesISIS: history, present threat, and future threat; political not military problemUSA Responseal-Qaeda: active in other places, franchiseHong KongDemocracy and China’s governanceDetroit’s water commissionWater as a human right (note link to “creative destruction,” which we did later)Japanese EconomyIn trouble (note link to globalization)Wage StagflationWages flat for most everyone for several yearsChinese “shadow banks”Again, mostly as a precursor to globalization stuffScotlandHistory, United Kingdom, Nationalism, Economics, issues of size/globalization, fix versus floating exchange ratesHegemonsGreat Power Politics; rise and fall; what does this mean for the future of the USA?, Polarity (uni-, bi-, multi-polar), link to Realism (offensive vs. defensive realism), Russia (not a great power), China (rising power), economic (cooperation) vs. political/security (conflict) issues with China, debt ownership (and is this an issue?), China’s military budget (in context vs. size of ours), China’s perception of US military bases around them.Economist: EbolaEconomist Articles: Help in the Time of Ebola, E-bolaWhere is the outbreakWhat realist say are the chances of a responseWhat liberals say are the chances of a responseChances of and international responseDomestic response of states where Ebola outbreak isTwo-level gamesEconomist: Global WarmingEconomist articles: The Deepest Cuts, Try Jam Today, The Shadow of CopenhagenEconomic costsSecurity ThreatWhat realist say are the chances of a responseWhat liberals say are the chances of a responseWinners and losersTwo-level gamesGlobalizationWhy do we care?, definitions, liberal economics (capitalism), comparative advantage, specialization, economies of scale, trade, free trade (necessary for globalization to function efficiently), strong/weak currencies, effect of currency change on trade (producers vs. consumers), protection (tariff and non-tariff barriers: quotas, subsidies, regulations), pros and cons of globalization (long section), creative destruction, innovation, productivity, link between globalization and democracy (note: argues two contradictory things), convergence (both economic and political/social/cultural), globalization pressures state regulations/laws, “race to the bottom”, TINA (there is no alternative), markets pressure non-economic activityExamples: (Economist) Russia/Ukraine, Italy, Global Beer (INBev and SABMiller), Sony, AlibabaTerrorism (some linkage to the Syria discussion earlier)Definition, strategy (vs. tactic), difficulty of a definition acceptable to governments, war, civil war/revolution, legitimate tactic or not (“one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter”), al-Qaeda (objectives, history, hierarchy to network to franchises, links to Syrian conflict)Examples: (Economist) Afghanistan (governance struggles after conflict), Nigeria (Boko Harum), China/Uighurs)EnvironmentTragedy of the Commons, multi-generational issues, resource exploitation leads to economic growth, environmental changes, political pressures for present growth versus environmental damage.Examples: (Economist) Gold mine in Canada, China’s diverted water, power generation in AfricaEuropean UnionEconomic union, free-trade-zone, political union much harder than economic one, issues of democracy and poverty: Examples: (Economist) Hungarian democracyand Balkan state’s application for EU membership.Democracy/Electoral SystemsLegitimacy (definition), compliance (via legitimacy, coercion, and reward), democracy, presidential system (winner-take-all), parliamentary system, effects of parliamentary democracy, relationship between legislature and executive (parliamentary unites them, presidential separates them), checks & balances (votes of no confidence (parliamentary) versus built in checks and balances (presidential), prime ministers versus presidents (how they govern), variations in parliamentary systemsExamples: (Economist) Libya (legitimacy), India, Brazil, Elections in the USAGlobalization (quick examples)France versus Argentina: (Economist) France’s new policy change versus Argentina’s failure to change. Effect of globalization on economic success, and effect of globalization on politicsSyria/ISIS (reprise)Effect of USA bombing campaign, all the complaints about what the USA has not been able to achieve, “Man on the Moon” problem, risks to USA involvement, difficulties of finding


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