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FROM COLD WARRIORS TO MULTILATERAL AND UNCERTAIN FUTURE (1989-Sept. 11, 2001). Why did the CW end? How did the end of the CW refocus our security state? GW Bush SR: the realist approach to Russia & China Liberalism in play: Dismantling the military and the CIA
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FROM COLD WARRIORS TO MULTILATERAL AND UNCERTAIN FUTURE (1989-Sept. 11, 2001) Why did the CW end? How did the end of the CW refocus our security state? • GW Bush SR: the realist approach to Russia & China • Liberalism in play: Dismantling the military and the CIA • Liberal institutionalism: NATO’s expansion, the EU, & Multilateral force
THE INITIAL POST COLD WAR AGENDA: MAKE THE WORLD DEMOCRATIC, SAFER, AND MORE HUMAN FOR EVERYONE • Promoting democracy • Haiti, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela • Promoting international values & institutions (the New World Order) • Somalia, Bosnia, Africa, & the Gulf War • Why didn’t the US occupy Iraq? Why “no fly zones and sanctions?” • Kyoto, Intl. Court of CJ, the UN
THE INITIAL POST COLD WAR AGENDA • Dealing with drugs • Panama and Plan Colombia • Promoting open markets • NAFTA vs. the WTO • Counterproliferation • Chemical (1997) and biological weapons treaties • Nuclear hypocrisy: Non-Prolif. Treaty (1968), Israel, Korea, India & Pakistan (1998) • Fighting terrorism • Why did terrorism go up with the end of the CW? • Why didn’t we hit Osama bin Laden when we could?