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1. Recognize major trends in the evolving world system, from the birth of states to the present. |
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2. Describe the origin of the current world system and the importance of the Treaty of Westphalia (1648). |
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3. Identify the changes that occurred during the 18th and 19th centuries and continue to have an important impact on the international system. |
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4. Discuss the pace of world political evolution at the beginning of the 20th century and describe the weakening of the multipolar system. |
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5. Discuss the transition from a bipolar system to the most likely form of a modified multipolar system. |
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6. Analyze the potential shift in the international system away from a strictly Western orientation. |
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7. Identify both international and domestic challenges to the authority of the state. |
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8. Discuss the implications of following either the traditional national security or alternative international security approach in the quest for peace. |
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9. Identify the implications of economic interdependence and the counterpressures to pursue more traditional national economic policies. |
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10. Discuss the implications of the growing economic dis¬parity between the North and South. |
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11. Analyze the future of human rights and environmental issues in the face of national resistance to international solutions. |