文档介绍：Ⅰ. System Characteristics
Ⅱ. Factors That Cause Systems to Change
Ⅲ. How System Work
Ⅳ. Balance of Power
Ⅴ. System-Level Analysis: An Evaluation
Lecture 2
Ⅰ. System Characteristics
A. System-Level Actors
B. Number of System Poles
C. Concentration of Power
D. Distribution of Power Assets
E. Nations of Behavior
F. Geographic Characteristics
G. Scope and Level of Interaction
Lecture 2
A. System-Level Actors
National actors — dominate the system and are not responsible to any higher authority
Supranational actors — a centralizing force
Transnational actors
Ⅰ. System characteristics
B. Number of System Poles
Types of poles
Number of poles influences stability
single—usually a country
vertical—powerful country and less powerful allies
horizontal—alliance of equals
a. ambiguity over the role of poles
Ⅰ. System characteristics
Equal and unequal power distributions
Power transitions seem correlation with war
C. Concentration of Power
Ⅰ. System characteristics
D. Distribution of Power Assets
Sources of power
Distribution is important
military
industrial
national resources
technological sophistication
population
defines who are poles and who aren’t
unequal distribution creates tension within the system
Ⅰ. System characteristics
E. Nations of Behavior
Important norms
Norms change
Sovereignty — no higher authority 1) responsible for own protection 2) free to regulate internal affairs
Legitimacy of war Anarchy
Democracy, human rights — more support
Violence — less support
Ⅰ. System characteristics
F. Geographic Characteristics G. Scope and Level of Interaction
Location
Sides
Topography
Ⅰ. System characteristics
Ⅱ. Factors That Cause Systems to Change
A. Changes in the Number or Power of Actors
B. Change in Technology
C. Domestic Factors
Lecture 2
A. Changes in the Number or Power of Actors
New system emerging, unlike any precious power
In a multipolar system, the actual relative power positions of individual