revision

Question 1

features of international rules based order

Answer 1

-treaties/conventions
-UN= GA and UNSC
-ICJICC
-regional security arrangement= AUSUKUS + NATO
-WTO + IMF

Question 2

democratic peace thesis

Answer 2

-less likely to go to war= x gonna find aggressors + establishing demo everywhere
-flaw= democracy is developed over time x imposed–> need certain degree of literacy/functioning and free media/ require eco development/ difficult to uphold and est

Question 3

challenges to global democracy specifically populism

Answer 3

-populism= anti establishment= undermines trust in systems and structures
- elites vs everyone else sentiment= fall in everyone else
-anti immigration and globalisation= fall back into isolationism
-critical of social change
-nationalist patriotic sentiment
-appealing to working class= exploiting social and eco discontent

EXAMPLES:
UK wanting to leave EU= Brexit= wanting to leave however still keeping benefits= opened doors for other states –> undermined EU power + stability of global democracy
-Trump attack on Jan 6th= first time there wasn’t a peaceful transfer of power= erosion of trust in demo institutions
-exploiting social and eco discontent to appeal to middle class

Question 4

Le Pen and challenge to democracy

Answer 4

-promotes division from the elites
-prioritisation of french law over eu regulation= anti globalist
-anti immigration=pushing minority groups

Question 5

Israel and Palenstine

Answer 5

-division in middle east
-inability of UN= GA and UNSC to impose ceasefire etc
-division in other countries= USA is one the five permanent members hw not signing ceasefire+ funding of Israel