Chapters 1-3

Question 0

The central trend in IR today is

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Globalization

Question 1

International relations

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Relationships amongst the worlds governments

Question 2

IR revolves around a key problem of how…

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Can a group serve its collective interests when they need to forgo their own interests.

Question 3

The collective goods problem is

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How to provide something that benefits all members of a group regardless of what each member contributes to it.

Question 4

In 2010, Russia offered to give Iran nuclear fuel in return for its enriched uranium. This type of nuclear deal can be considered an example of which principle?

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Reciprocity

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The two major sub fields of IR are

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International security studies

International Political economy (IPE)

Question 6

Components of a state are:

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Population
Control of Government
Territory
Sovereignty

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Sovereignty

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A states right to do whatever it wants within their own territory. Most important international norm

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A nation is a

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Territory, group of people sharing language, culture, etc.

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The International System

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Set of relationships among the world states, structured according to rules and patterns on the world and peace.

Question 10

An example of a political entity often referred to as a state but not formally recognized as one is

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Taiwan

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Nonstate actors include

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All except individual decision makers in the government

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Substate actors include

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So called military industrial complex in the U.S.

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Intergovernmental Organization (IGO)

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Organization whose members are the national government

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Substate actors

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Groups within states that influence the states foreign policy

Question 15

What level of analysis concerns the choices and actions of human beings?

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Individual level of analysis

Question 16

What role do states play as economic units in the process of globalization, according to economic liberalists?

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They share equal powers in the process

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What is not a point of view in globalization?

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Globalization is changing international security more quickly and profoundly than IPE

Question 18

What is the North South gap?

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The disparity between the rich and poor countries

Question 19

Which region can claim the largest GDP per capita?

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N. America

Question 20

In the global North, the GDP per capita is roughly how many times as high as in the global south?

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6

Question 21

What is the Warsaw Pact?

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During the cold war, the Soviet Union coordinated the Warsaw Pact

Question 22

What is NATO?

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The cold war alliance of states coordinated under the U.S.A.

Question 23

Who built the Berlin wall?

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East Germany

Question 24

In what way did the U.S. attempt to contain soviet influence around the world after World War II?

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They provided aid through the Marshall Plan to rebuild Western Europe

Question 25

Recent crises involving nuclear weapons programs involve which countries?

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North Korea and Iran

Question 26

What is the most important feature of IR according to a realist?

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Power

Question 27

Which thinkers belong to the realist school of thought?

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Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, Thucydides, Hobbes, Morgenthau

Question 28

What's the single indicator of a states power may be the size of its...

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GDP

Question 29

________ is an element of power on which an actor can draw over the long term, whereas _________ is an element of power that allows an actor to exercise influence in the short term

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Natural Resources, | Military Force

Question 30

Anarchy in the International System refers to

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A lack of central government that can enforce rules

Question 31

What is the Treaty of Westphalia

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The beginning of the modern international system

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What is the European Union (EU)?

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An alliance of European Countries. | It is an example of an alliance that is currently balancing the United States

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What is a unipolar system?

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The current constellation of power in the international system

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What is neorealism?

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A theory that focuses on the importance of the structure of the international system and not on the internal makeup of individual states

Question 35

What is the power transition theory?

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The idea that the largest wars result from challenges to the top position in the status hierarchy.

Question 36

What is a hegemony?

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A super power that reduces anarchy and deters aggression in the international system.

Question 37

What is the hegemonic stability theory

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A theory that a dominant state can enforce international rules, avoid collective good problems, and encourage peace.

Question 38

Woodrow Wilson

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Advocated the right of self determination. | Favored U.S. leadership and world affairs, was an internationalist

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Internationalist

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Favored U.S. leadership and world affairs

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Multilateralists

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Working through international institutions to achieve foreign policy goals

Question 41

How are most modern alliances formalized?

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Written treaties

Question 42

When was the first time that NATO used force?

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Bosnia, in support of a UN mission

Question 43

What was the only great power that the U.S. does not have major trade relations or a military alliance with, either directly or indirectly?

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Russia

Question 44

India faces which concerns with its neighbor China

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China is a major rival in the region, but is willing to discuss trade and military cooperation.

Question 45

What is China's policy towards Taiwan?

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Realism

Question 46

Define deterrence

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A threat to punish another actor if it takes a certain negative action

Question 47

Compare a zero sum game to a non zero sum game.

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A zero sum game is an equal loss and gain. | A non zero sum game is when it is possible for both players to win and lose.

Question 48

Explain the prisoners dilemma

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A lack of trust between the two prisoners.

Question 49

International regimes

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Are stronger when embedded in permanent institution

Question 50

What is collective security?

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When many actors come together to oppose another actor.

Question 51

What does the success of collective security depend on?

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Commitment and agreement

Question 52

What is the League of Nations

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The first attempt at creating a collective security system. | Ex) 1st gulf war on Iraq.

Question 53

Public opinion

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Has greater force in democracies.

Question 54

Legitimacy

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Governments strive by relying on it

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What is diversionary foreign policy?

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Distracting public attention from domestic issues

Question 56

What explains the small size of the attentive public in the U.S.

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A lack of direct connection with foreign policy issues

Question 57

What did Harry Truman's sign "the buck stops here" illustrate about his role in foreign policy decision making?

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That it was ultimately his responsibility

Question 58

What is affective bias

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When you assume the worst of someone else

Question 59

What are information screens?

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Choosing to see the good side, not the aggression, in order to stay out of war.

Question 60

What is cognitive bias?

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Limitations of the human brain in making choices

Question 61

What is groupthink?

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When groups reach decisions without assessing the consequences of their actions

Question 62

Constructivists argue that state identities are constructed through socialization. What is an agent of socialization?

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Elements of power

Question 63

What do postmodernists mainly focus on when attempting to deconstruct dominant beliefs?

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Discourse

Question 64

The quote "there is no single, objective reality but a multiplicity of experiences and perspectives that defy easy categorization." describes a person that believes in what theory?

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The postmodernism theory

Question 65

Marxist approaches to IR hold that both IR and domestic politics arise from unequal relationships between ________.

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Economic classes

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Lenin

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Theory of Imperialism

Question 67

Mediation

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Possible peace treaties between Jimmy Carter for the Palestinians and Isreali leaders.

Question 68

What explains the Japanese public's dislike of military force in foreign policy?

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Lessons of history

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What is positive peace?

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Resolving the underlying reasons for war

Question 70

What is negative peace?

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Temporary absence of war

Question 71

What are difference feminists?

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Women who believe that there are real differences between genders.

Question 72

What are liberal feminists?

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Women who believe that women and men are equal.

Question 73

What is considered the main reason for not allowing women into combat units in the military?

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They were considered a distraction.

Question 74

What is a postmodern feminist?

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Women who believe that gender roles are not fixed.

Question 75

How did women generally vote when they won the right after World War I?

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They voted like their husbands.