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The Really Long View: How the Collapse of the Roman Empire Shaped International Politics

Explore the impact of the collapse of the Roman Empire on the decentralization of authority in Europe and the rise of the Catholic Church. Learn how events such as the Reformation, the Peace of Westphalia, and the Great Power Competition shaped the modern states era. Delve into the interwar instability, the effects of the Great Depression, decolonization, the Cold War, and more.

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The Really Long View: How the Collapse of the Roman Empire Shaped International Politics

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  1. International PoliticsPOLS 240 Section 4Christopher Butlerckbutler@unm.eduAssociate Professor, Political Science, UNM http://www.unm.edu/~ckbutler/POLS240/

  2. Time Travel: How did we get here?

  3. The Really Long View Collapse of the Roman Empire led to decentralized centers of authority in Europe. The Catholic Church took on the role of the most prominent central authority but still competed with others for dominance. The Reformation weakened the prominence of the Catholic Church. The Peace of Westphalia (1648) ending the Thirty Years War marks the beginning of the Modern States Era establishing sovereignty as the organizing principle of world politics.

  4. Great Power Competition While sovereignty and anarchy were now established principles, states used a mercantilist strategy in the pursuit of wealth. This, in turn, led to a struggle for hegemony among the Great Powers.

  5. Europe, 1809

  6. The Colonial Empires, 1914

  7. Europe, 1914

  8. Europe after World War One

  9. Interwar Instability • 1920s through 1930s • Economic, political and diplomatic relations unstable • British and French argue over unsettled issues • Resentment over war debts (imposed by Treaty of Versailles).

  10. The Global Great Depression • Downward spiral began in 1929, no country left untouched. • Some effects: • US industrial production drops by half • One-third of labor force unemployed in Germany

  11. World War Two

  12. Decolonization

  13. The Cold War and Its Alliances, 1980

  14. U.S. Bases, 2007

  15. Armed Organized Conflict, 1989-2008

  16. The “Arab Spring”, 2010-12

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