Poli Sci 103 Lecture 7Outline of Last Lecture I. Individual Decision MakingII. Three Models of Individual ChoiceIII. Interest Groups in Foreign PolicyIV. Factors Affecting Leadership CapacityOutline of Current Lecture I. Long Cycles of World LeadershipII. Road to WWIIII. Causes of WWIICurrent LectureI. Long Cycles of World Leadership- Long cycle theory – rise and fall of hegemons- Hegemon – single powerful state with dominate power of Globe- Hegemonic stability theory – global dominance by hegemony is necessary so that the fight for the hegemonic state is not foughtII. Road to WWI- 1914 Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand- “The Great Game”, balancing power after fall of ottoman empire- Central/Allied powers- World War II Consequences: 10 million dead, decline of realism and new look at Wilsonian liberalism, Versailles treaty, arab people betrayed, imperialism continues via mandate.III. Causes of WWII- Individual level = Adolf Hitler- State level = hypernationalism, economic crisis, bitterness over Treaty of Versaiiles- Systemic level = Great Depression, US Isolation, European Appeasement, reluctance for
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