Assignment 2

1. Are there contemporary institutions that enable deliberations such as those held by the league during its heyday? What are those institutions? How do they enable discussion to replace the use of force? 2. The Congress dissolved because of problems of mistrust. As Russian and British power waxed and waned, they changed their estimates of the threat posed by the other. Does the fact that the balance of power mattered for successful deliberation undermine the claim that under certain conditions deliberation can be effective? 1. Are there contemporary institutions that enable deliberations such as those held by the league during its heyday? What are those institutions? How do they enable discussion to replace the use of force? 2. The Congress dissolved because of problems of mistrust. As Russian and British power waxed and waned, they changed their estimates of the threat posed by the other. Does the fact that the balance of power mattered for successful deliberation undermine the claim that under certain conditions deliberation can be effective?