INTL 101 1st Edition Lecture 4Outline of Last Lecture I. Is the World Flat?A. Thomas FriedmanB. Pankaj GhemawatII. Development of Technology: Transportation & CommunicationA. Industrial RevolutionB. TransportationC. Steam engineIII. Development of Technology: CommunicationA. CommunicationB. Printing PressC. Communication TodayD. Computers: TimelineE. AppleF. ChallengesIV. Political BordersV. Economic BordersVI. Social & Cultural BordersOutline of Current Lecture Political Borders: Searching for Security – Ch. 4I. Origins of the modern state systemA. Key ScholarsB. Three Forms of World PoliticsCurrent LectureI. Origins of the modern state systemA. Key Scholars1. Thucydides (ancient Greece)a. History of the Peloponnesian War (between Greek City-States Sparta and Athens), 431 BCE: Leaders who ignore the pursuit of power invite conflictb. Melian Debate2. Niccolo Machiavelli (sixteenth-century Italy)a. The Prince: Power to gain political dominanceb. Early conceptualization of realismB. Three Forms of World Politics1. Joseph Nye (1937-present)These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.2. Three forms: a. Imperial systems: domination by a single powerb. Feudal systems: loyalties based on allegiance to landownersc. Anarchic system of states: political units operating in an environment with no higher central
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