POLS 103 1st Edition Lecture 9 Outline of Current LectureI. How to read the EconomistII. Russia Ukraine conflictIII. Important players in conflictIV. How conflict startedCurrent LectureHow to read the Economist Magazine:-What does it say?-What are the assumptions of the article?-Is it written logically?-What are the conclusions?-Do I believe it?-How does is compare with other articles/ how does it compare with the theories we discussed in class?The reason that there is so much political turmoil is because the world is complex and simply solutionsdo not exist in politics because of difference of opinion and different world views.1st article: Russia/ Ukraine-by most standards these two countries are at war-US and Europe don't want to declare that Russia is at war with Ukraine because then each country would have to do something about it-This is not concidered a war academic standards-because Putin says that Russian troops are not involved -no country has ouright declared war on Ukraine-No other country except Ukraine is calling it a war-because no one wants to interveneRelevant sections in the conflict:1. Russia- because it is the biggest country and half of Ukraine is in Russia2. Ukraine- a strategic country because it is located sort of submerged in Russia3. NATO/USA4. Germany/European Union5. Poland/Baltic StatesWhat lead to the Russia/Ukraine conflict?-Ukraine saw that Russia's economy was stagnating so a new government rose up and ousted the old government that was pro Russia.This new government was pro-Western because of the economic gains the west was experiencing. The government hoped to join the European Union to improve their own countries economySince almost half of Ukraine boarders Russia, Russian rebels and some Russians that lived inside Ukraine retaliated in hopes of bringing Ukraine back on a pro Russia
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