Chapter 3 Flashcards
Long-Cycle Theory
a theory that focuses on the rise and fall of the leading global power as the central political process of the modern world system
Hegemon
a single, overwhelmingly powerful state that exercises predominate influence over the global state
Appeasement
a strategy of making concessions to another state in the hope that, satisfied with the concessions, it will not make additional claims
Isolation
a policy of withdrawing from active participation with other actors in world affairs and instead concentrating state efforts on managing internal affairs
Multipolar
an international system with more than two dominant power centers
Bipolar
an international system with two dominant power centers
Domino Theory
a metaphor popular during the Cold War, which predicted that if one state fell to communism, its neighbors would also fall in a chain reaction, like a row of falling dominoes
Mirror Images
the tendency of people in competitive interaction to perceive each other similarly-to see an adversary the same way as an adversary sees them
Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
the tendency for one’s expectations to evoke behavior that helps to make the expectations become true
Bandwagon
the tendency for weak states to seek alliance with the strongest power, regardless of the power’s ideology or form of government, in order to increase security
Containment
a strategy to prevent another state from using force to expand its sphere of influence
Truman Doctrine
the declaration by President Harry S. Truman that U.S. foreign policy would use intervention to support peoples who allied with the United States against external subjugation
Rollback
a strategy that called for liberating countries that were under Soviet domination
Peaceful Coexistance
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s 1956 doctrine that war between capitalists and communist states is not inevitable and that interbloc competition could be peaceful
Detente
a strategy of relaxing tensions between adversaries to reduce the possibility of war
Linkage Theory
the assertions that U.S. cooperation with the Soviet Union in one policy area was contingent on acceptable Soviet conduct in other in other areas
Nixon Doctrine
a pledge to provide military and economic support to U.S. allies while holding them responsible for their own security
Carter Doctrine
a declaration to use military force to prevent outside powers from gaining control over the Persian Gulf
Reagan Doctrine
a pledge of U.S. backing for anticommunist insurgents who sought to overthrow Soviet-supported governments
Rapprochement
in diplomacy, a policy seeking to reestablish normal relations between enemies
Unipolar
as international system with one dominant power center
Soft Power
the ability of a country to get what it wants in international affairs through the attractiveness of its culture, political ideals, and policies
Imperial Overstretch
the historical tendency of hegemons to weaken themselves through costly foreign pursuits that drain their resources
