Chapter 17: Danger

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Chapter 17Danger and Opportunity
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Crisis

• Terrorism as globalization
• Response to terrorism as globalization
• Crisis as turning point and danger and
  opportunity

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Danger

• The Growing Cost of Violence and War
• New technologies and deadlier weapons
• Globalization turns local conflicts into global
  ones
• Stalemate of Cold War has been extended to
  regional conflicts
• Economic costs are huge

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Danger

• Abusing the Environment
• Population growth and technological developments
  magnify the problems
• Climate change on a scale unseen by humans is
  likely

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Danger

• The Perilous Global Economy
• Unprecedented interdependence
• Growing wealth and inequality
• Potential for foreign problems greater than
  domestic ones

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Danger

• Lives Without Dignity
• Declining life expectancy in Russia
• Starvation and conflict in Darfur
• Lack of potable water and healthy air in major
  cities

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The Wheel of Fortune

• Ideas for dealing with problems exist
• Disagreements on distribution of limited
  resources get in the way

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Constraints on States and Citizens

• Global problems in a system seeking national
  solutions
• The EU is an exception
• What is a national company?
• Structural adjustments mean less governmental
  control

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Opportunity A Change in the Way We Think

• Ways of thinking need to change with other
  developments
• Conventional values adversarial approach to
  conflict
• Cooperative problem solving a new approach to
  conflict
• Thinking systemically
• Building social capital
• Bridging political values with concrete projects
• Student and Citizen

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Learning Objectives

• After mastering the concepts presented in this
  chapter, you will be able to
• Discuss the summary of the book, including the
  summary of the current economic and political
  situation in the world.
• Understand the definitions and components of
  crisis, danger, and globalization.
• Comprehend the basics of global warming
  challenges in the contemporary world.
• Define the concept of interdependence in the
  process of globalization.
• Recognize the key elements of the historical
  formation and impact of imperialism.
• Understand the concept of challenges in the way
  of thinking.
• Discuss differences between zero-sum and
  positive-sum outcomes.
• Gain complete understanding of the whole book and
  recognize the importance of studying politics and
  international affairs, especially in comparative
  prospective.