New World Order

24 November 2004 (Lecture #38)

• Iraq had the 4^th largest military

o It found an excuse to invade Kuwait and planned to conquer Arabian oil too

o Thatcher (UK) convinces Bus to stop the invasion

o US technology decimates the army (100,000 Iraqis to 113 US dead)

• New World Order

o Collective stability to bring peace

o End WMD proliferation

o Compromise and negotiate solutions to world problems

o Economic development for peace and progress

§ Those who cannot support themselves resort to radical solutions

• Rogue nations – refuse to follow the rules, often because the US limits their aggression and power

o Includes Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and North Korea

• US interventionism

o Albright Doctrine – US has an obligation to stop human rights violations

o Somalia – after the Cold War, US left and tribal factions began to fight – no central government to this day

o Bosnia – ethnic groups fight; US, UK, and France setting up a federalist government

§ Federalism makes states interdependent (common money and military) but leaves communities in charge of local affairs

Conclusions

• US is searching for its new role as the world’s only superpower
• Some nations see that reality and cooperate while others become rogue states and define international conflict

(Note: this lecture’s presentation date was switched with Globalism)