Power and contemporary global issues

Question 1

Conflict

Answer 1

• realists see the multipolarity system as a danger to stability, which could lead to increased violence
• liberals see a multipolar worlds as now one which prioritises cooperation over conflict

Question 2

Human Rights

Answer 2

• unipolarity would allow for a state to observe human rights violations and intervene if necessary
• the speed of democracy has reduced the likelihood of human rights violations from occurring

Question 2

poverty

Answer 2

• liberals are cautious of a unipolar world as a dominant state mat not set a good example for how to reduce poverty, and other states might follow this leadership

Question 3

the environment

Answer 3

multipolarity and increased soft power means that states look to cooperate on environmental issues and are mire likely to come up with a solution