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Chapter 7 Middle-earth as a Source of Inspiration and Enrichment

Chapter 7 Middle-earth as a Source of Inspiration and Enrichment. Characters and races can provide many interesting – and different – insights into IR. LOTR can be a mirror to reflect the real world. The two basic questions of IR are answered in combination with each other.

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Chapter 7 Middle-earth as a Source of Inspiration and Enrichment

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  1. Chapter 7Middle-earth as a Source of Inspiration and Enrichment

  2. Characters and races can provide many interesting – and different – insights into IR

  3. LOTR can be a mirror to reflect the real world

  4. The two basic questions of IR are answered in combination with each other How can we make the world a better place? How can we make the world a safer place?

  5. Failure by the White Council to take action against Sauron Fear that failure to stop Saddam Hussein would result in many lives lost

  6. Decisions are often made with limited information available at the time So how do decision-makers make better choices in the real world?

  7. The tendency for rapid and emotional arguments could be harmful to the world of IR

  8. Foreign Policy decision-making needs context and perspective Who is interpreting the outcome? What standard is being used? When is the judgment being made?

  9. Globalization is a mixed blessing Interdependence may promote cooperation while producing additional challenges

  10. Global health is an issue spanning concerns of making the world a better and safer place

  11. Infectious disease Smoking Infectious Disease

  12. Health challenges have become more intense as globalization picks up SARS AIDS

  13. What does security mean? State security Human security

  14. War has destructive side effects, even for those not directly involved Environmental damage Loss of personal freedom (esp. for women) Misconduct by military personnel during occupation Reduced standard of living

  15. State/national security is not a sufficient condition for human security Human security cannot guarantee state security

  16. International institutions can help find peaceful solutions for conflicts Recognition of the dangers of “going it alone” Commitment to hearing a wider range of voices

  17. Mercy can have positive or negative consequences Gollum Wormtongue Saruman

  18. 1988: 259 people die when a bomb explodes Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland 2009: Al-Megrahi was released due to terminal cancer

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