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Summary • Midterm in 2 weeks • 3rd juncture WW1 o Peace settlement: treaty of Versailles ▪ Significant 1: gives Germany all the blame and they lose territory and money ▪ Germany establishes a democracy (Weimar republic, which creates Hitler) ▪ 2: Establishes the league of nations dedicated to peace and security o Model of order: collective security favors a disequilibrium of power ▪ Idealistic ▪ Power didn't matter o Lesson: power matters ▪ The great powers matter o League of nations fails bc voting was by unanimity ▪ Also bc many of the great powers were never a part of it ▪ Including the US. Never ratified the treaty of Versailles o Established: discipline of international relations ▪ Why do we have war and how can we have peace? ▪ Discipline was based in Idealist principles • 4th WW2 • Yalta conference • Model of order: marriage between realism and liberalism • Significant because the great powers haven't fought each other (cold war doesn’t count) • The cold war never turns hot • Big moment of change for liberals • General assembly: liberal side of marriage o Composed of all states except Vatican City o Not legally binding o Can't actually do stuff o The 5 permanent members matter the most o They all have veto power. If 1 says no, no one does anything o US, UK, France, Russia, China o Institutionalized version of the concert model • The united nations replace league of nations • Post WW2 characteristics: o Bipolarity: 2 dominant powers (US, USSR) Represents who different things (democracy, communism) o Decolonization: Europe gets away, increase in the number of sovereign states o Nuclear age: speed and efficiency

5th juncture (cold war) • Peace settlement: None • Symbolic end: Fall of the Berlin wall • West Germany follows western values, east Germany follows USSR • Nationalists go to Taiwan and say they're Chinese government • Western Acknowledges this until 1972, then china becomes china • G • Cuban missile crisis o US finds out that Ussr has missiles in Cuba o 2 years before Cuba goes under a resolution (lead by Castro) o Cuba becomes communist (huge problem bc Cuba is right below us) o The US tried to change this (bay of pigs invasion) o They fail o The US has 3 options ▪ Another full-scale invasion ▪ Air strikes ▪ A naval blockade (so they can't get supplies)...