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Chapters 1-3 Flashcards

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The central trend in IR today is

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Globalization

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International relations

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Relationships amongst the worlds governments

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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.

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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.

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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)

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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.

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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

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

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Individual level of analysis

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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

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What is the North South gap?

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The disparity between the rich and poor countries

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Which region can claim the largest GDP per capita?

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N. America

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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

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What is the Warsaw Pact?

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

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What is NATO?

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

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Who built the Berlin wall?

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East Germany

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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

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Recent crises involving nuclear weapons programs involve which countries?

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North Korea and Iran

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

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Power

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Which thinkers belong to the realist school of thought?

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Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, Thucydides, Hobbes, Morgenthau

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What’s the single indicator of a states power may be the size of its…

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GDP

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________ 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

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Anarchy in the International System refers to

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A lack of central government that can enforce rules

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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

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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.

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What is a hegemony?

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

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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.

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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

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How are most modern alliances formalized?

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Written treaties

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When was the first time that NATO used force?

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Bosnia, in support of a UN mission

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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

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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.

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What is China’s policy towards Taiwan?

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Realism

46
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Define deterrence

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

47
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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.

48
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Explain the prisoners dilemma

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A lack of trust between the two prisoners.

49
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International regimes

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Are stronger when embedded in permanent institution

50
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What is collective security?

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When many actors come together to oppose another actor.

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What does the success of collective security depend on?

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Commitment and agreement

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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.

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Public opinion

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Has greater force in democracies.

54
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Legitimacy

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Governments strive by relying on it

55
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What is diversionary foreign policy?

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Distracting public attention from domestic issues

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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

57
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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

58
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What is affective bias

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When you assume the worst of someone else

59
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What are information screens?

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

60
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What is cognitive bias?

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Limitations of the human brain in making choices

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What is groupthink?

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When groups reach decisions without assessing the consequences of their actions

62
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Constructivists argue that state identities are constructed through socialization. What is an agent of socialization?

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Elements of power

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

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Discourse

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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

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

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Economic classes

66
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Lenin

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Theory of Imperialism

67
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Mediation

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

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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

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What is negative peace?

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Temporary absence of war

71
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What are difference feminists?

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Women who believe that there are real differences between genders.

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What are liberal feminists?

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Women who believe that women and men are equal.

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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.

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What is a postmodern feminist?

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Women who believe that gender roles are not fixed.

75
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How did women generally vote when they won the right after World War I?

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They voted like their husbands.

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