World Politics Chapter One

permanent international security organization formed after WW1. Succeeded by the UN.

• Dissolved in 1946.
• US did not participate.

• ended WW1 on June 28, 1919
• between the Allies and Germany

monetary system between 1870 and 1914 where countries tied their currencies to gold at a legally fixed price

• "British Peace"
• century long period beginning with Napoleon's defeat in 1815 and ending with the start of WW1 in 1914
• Britain's economic and diplomatic influence contributed to economic openness and relative peace

expectation that states have legal and political supremacy within territorial boundaries

economic doctrine based on belief that military power and economic influence were complements; applied to colonial empires throughout 16th and 18th centuries. mercantilist policies favored the mother country over colonies and competitors.

• ex. Dutch East Indies Company & Hudson's Bay Company
• "wealth is power, and power is wealth" Thomas Hobbes

• ended the Thirty Years War in 1648
• created the modern state system
• included general recognition of the principles of sovereignty and nonintervention

• military alliance created in 1949
• brought together the US, Canada, and Western Europe
• foundation of US bloc
• role today includes handling regional problems and developing a rapid reaction force.

• economic order negotiated among allied nations in 1944
• commitment to relatively low barriers to international trade and investment

• military alliance formed in 1955
• brought together the Soviet Union and its CW allies in Eastern Europe and elsewhere

dissolved in March 1991

process of shedding colonial possessions

rapid end of European empires in Africa, Asia and Caribbean between 1940s and 1960s