Chapter 5 Flashcards

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Alliances

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Institutions that help their members cooperate militarily in the event of a war.

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Types of Alliances

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  • Offensive
  • Defensive
  • Symmetric
  • Asymmetrical
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Balance of Power

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A situation in which military capabilities of two states or groups of states are roughly equal

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Bandwagoning

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A strategy in which states join forces with the stronger side in a conflict

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How to Make Alliances Successful

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  1. Alliances must convince adversaries that states will fight together.
  2. Alliances must make it more likely that states fight on behalf of another than with the absence of an alliance.
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How to Make Alliances Successful pt 2

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  1. Strength of common interests
  2. Ability of alliance to alter member preferences
  3. Effectiveness of convincing the adversary
  4. Limit risks of entrapment
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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An alliance formed in 1949 among the US, Canada, and most of the states of Western Europe in response to the threat posed by the Soviet Union. The alliances require the members to consider an attack on any one of them as an attack on all.

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Warsaw Pact

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A military alliance formed in 1955 to bring together the Soviet Union and its Cold War allies in Eastern Europe and elsewhere. It dissolved on March 31, 1991, as the Cold War ended.

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Collective Security Organizations

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Broad-based institutions that promote peace and security among their members. Examples include the League of Nations and the United Nations.

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Humanitarian interventions

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Interventions designed to relieve humanitarian crises stemming from civil conflicts or large-scale human rights abuses, including genocide.

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Genocide

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Intentional and systematic killing aimed at eliminating an identifiable group of people such as an ethnic or religious group.

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League of Nations

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collective security council founded in 1919 after World War I. Ended in 1946

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United Nations

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a collective security organization founded in 1945 after World War II. Has over 190 members.

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Security Council

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The main governing body of the United Nations, which has the authority to identify threats to international peace and security and to prescribe the organization’s response, including military and/or economic sanctions.
United Nations

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The P5

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Five permanent members of the security council include Russia, United States, UK, France, and China. Has the authority to identify threats to international peace and security and to prescribe the organization’s response, including military and/or economic sanctions.

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Veto Power

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the ability to prevent passage of a measure through a unilateral act, such as a single negative vote.

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Peace-Enforcement Operation

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A military operation in which force is used to make and/or enforce peace among warring parties that have not agreed to end their fighting.

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Peacekeeping Operation

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An operation in which troops and observers are deployed to monitor a ceasefire or peace agreement.