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The International Community Looks for . . . Community?

Bill L. Smith, Ph.D. Director, Martin Institute Renfrew Interdisciplinary Colloquium, 6 March 2012. The International Community Looks for . . . Community?. Origins at the University of Idaho. Boyd and Grace Martin, 1979. The “Unique ” in the Int’l Comm. Idea 1: It Depends . . .

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The International Community Looks for . . . Community?

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  1. Bill L. Smith, Ph.D. Director, Martin Institute Renfrew Interdisciplinary Colloquium, 6 March 2012 The International Community Looks for . . . Community?

  2. Origins at the University of Idaho Boyd and Grace Martin, 1979

  3. The “Unique” in the Int’l Comm.

  4. Idea 1: It Depends . . . A Global construct? The Powerful west? The US and Its Allies • “The” United Nations The Security Council? The General Assembly? The G20? The Group of 77? The EU?

  5. Idea 2: It’s Complicated . . . Peacekeeping (1948) The Responsibility to Protect (2005) Libya -> check, and a pat on the back Syria -> well . . . Also: Nuclear Technology, Genetically Modified Crops, Intellectual Property Rights, Migratory Fish Stocks, Disaster Preparedness and Relief, International Criminal Court, Laws of the Sea, Free/Fair Trade, Corporate Social Responsibility, Rights for Migrant Workers, Rights of the Child, Piracy, Religious Intolerance, Refugees, Etc.

  6. Idea 3: It’s Optimistic . . .

  7. Questions? The International Community Is, or Isn’t, Depending Upon the Issue

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