alliances

Question 1

balance of power theory

Answer 1

states will seek to balance against another state that is becoming to powerful to maintain stability in the international system

Question 2

democratic peace theory

Answer 2

democracies dont fight with each other

Question 3

aggregate power

Answer 3

The greater a state’s total resources (i.e., population,
industrial and military capability, technological prowess, etc.), the greater a
potential threat it can pose to others. R

Question 4

international bribery

Answer 4

the provision of economic or military assistance will create effective allies

Question 5

penetration

Answer 5

indirect manipulation of one state’s political system by another

Question 6

bandwagoning

Answer 6

ally with the statw that poses the major threat

Question 7

balancing

Answer 7

ally in opposition to the principal source of danger

Question 8

proximity

Answer 8

states will also align in response to threat of proximate power
proximate threats can produce either a balancing or a bandwagoning response

Question 9

realist bargaining assumptions

Answer 9

examines how power is used in negotiations among states
this theory argues that small allies can increase their bargaining leverage if

1. they hold more intense preferences than the alliance leader 
2. if they threaten to defect or to remain neutral in disputes among the superpwoers 
3. if the superpower percieves a high level of threat 
4. if the allies pool resources and confront the alliance leader with a unified position

Question 10

hegemonic stability theory

Answer 10

argues that states will ally with the most dominant actor
this state argues that a powerful state provides order in the international system
this theory also implies that weaker states might have to submit to greater powers