CH 6 midterm PS 231

Question 1

Levels of Analysis

Answer 1

individual
domestic
systemic

Question 2

security dilemma

Answer 2

one state’s efforts to increase their defense can unintentionally threaten other states, leading to a cycle of escalating tensions

Question 3

non zero sum game

Answer 3

the participant’s gains/losses are not inversely related. A win/win or lose/lose –> they can choose to cooperate or compete

Question 4

regional organizations

Answer 4

orgs here members come from and are limited to geographic regions of the world
ex) NATO, ASEAN, LAIA

Question 5

IMF (quota)

Answer 5

the share of money that each coutnry provides to the international monetary fund for lending, which in turns determines the country’s voting power

Question 6

level of analysis

Answer 6

IMF conditionality, ovverrides sovereignty and dictates national economic policy, undercuts leaders’ responsibilities

Question 7

World Trade Organization level of analysis

Answer 7

Individual: Undercuts representative system
Domestic: supercedes national law
systemic : WTO decision

Question 8

WTO has three options if a country loses a disput

Answer 8

1. change its law
   2.compensate the winning country with mutually agreed on trade concessions
2. accept retaliation or imposition of equivalent trade barriers

Question 9

realism focuses on…

Answer 9

national security, the balance of power, unilateral actions on the international system and all policies that can increase the power and capabilities of the given country

Question 10

liberalism focuses on …

Answer 10

cooperation, institutional and economic interactions. Its primary policy solution to the conflict is the use of international orgs via the principle of collective security.

Question 11

the identity perspective focuses on ,,,,,

Answer 11

the similarity of identity and ideaology. The closer the identity and idealogy of the two sides, the higher the probability of cooperation

Question 12

The critical theory focuses on ……

Answer 12

different idealogical differences that drive the probability of conflict up. This theory divides the world into Communist or Capitalist.

Question 13

European Union

Answer 13

an organization that supersedes the European communities and now unites European democracies in specific policy areas

Question 14

EU perspectives

Answer 14

identity: shift state based identities to regional institutions
realism: reduce focus on seperate national insterest
liberal : supranational institutions and spillover

Question 15

EU level of analysis

Answer 15

domestic: de-emphasizes supranationa; identities
regionoal: overrides regional ties
systemic: Global interdepedance

Question 16

European Commission

Answer 16

organ of the EU that has exclusive authority to initate legislation and pursue the goals of an ever-closer union

Question 17

EU structure

Answer 17

• EU commission
• European parliament
• European Central Bank

Question 18

ECB

Answer 18

the banking institution whose governing council controls the money supply and sets short term interest tates for the EU

Question 19

Insitutions of the EU

Answer 19

European COurt of justice, European central bank and European council

Question 20

Brexit; 4 reasons for leaving

Answer 20

economics, national sovereigny and Lisbon treaty, terrosm and migration , cultural factors

Question 21

Asian States usually rely on the following rules of operation:

Answer 21

1. business and politics are more familial
2. courts are more familial than in the west
3. they focus more on the well being of society rather than individuals

Question 22

ASEAN member states

Answer 22

Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei, Phillippies, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam

Question 23

Nongovernmental organizations perspectives

Answer 23

Liberal: expanding NGOs, weaken national sovereignty, foster global norms

Realist: extensions of government

Identity:tied to democratic norms => Source the politically active civil society ; decline in democracy means decline of NGOs as well

Question 24

international law

Answer 24

a system of rules regulating the conduct of states

Question 25

the US believes democratic policies legitmates law but is that changing?

Answer 25

there is a change of regime

Question 26

where does international law get its authority?

Answer 26

from the consent of states

Question 27

International courts are growing in authority and importance.

Question 28

the international court of justice is a major organ of the UN

Answer 28

they decide law-related disputers between sovereign states

Question 30

the liberal perspective (relative to ch 6)

Answer 30

common interests and collective security > national interest
nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and disarment
focus on interdependance through trade