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1
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What is the expectation that states have ultimate authority within their territorial boundaries?

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Sovereignty

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2
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What is a common national identity, language, ethnicity, culture, and history?

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Nation

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3
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What is a central authority with the ability to make and enforce laws, rules, and decisions within a specified territory

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States

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4
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What is the factor that explains who gets what, when, and how (compellance, deterance, asset and aspiration)

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Power

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5
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What power is tangible and material?

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Hard Power

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6
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What power is to persuade others to do or not to take certain actions?

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Soft Power

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7
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What, as an example, is estimated global nuclear warhead in US?

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Absolute Power

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8
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What power asks the questions “a lot?” “enough”?

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Relative Power

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9
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What is the absence of central authority in the global system?

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Anarchy

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10
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What are states, international organizations, international non-governmental organizations, and MNCs?

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Actors

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11
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What are established by states, states are members, and they can be global or regional?

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International Organizations

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12
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What has members that are primarily individuals, promotes particular causes, and started in France in 1971?

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International Non-Governmental Organizations

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13
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What are private for-profit organizations operating in more than one country?

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MNCs

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14
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What are the 3 Is?

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  1. Interests
  2. Interactions
  3. Institutions
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15
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What is what actors want to achieve through political action?

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Interests

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16
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What are ways in which 2 or more actors’ choices combine to produce political outcomes?

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Interactions

17
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What define the rules of the game?

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Institutions

18
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What is when at least one actor is better off relative to the status quo without making others worse off?

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Cooperation

19
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What are actions to ensure one’s own security that are perceived as threats to the security of other states?

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Security Dilemma

20
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What is an alliance between military leaders and the industries that benefit from international conflict, such as arms manufacturers?

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Military-Industrial Complex

21
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What is when actors decide how to divide something of value and one is better off than the other?

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Bargaining

22
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What are the 4 aspects of bargaining failure?

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  1. Incomplete Information
  2. Credibility
  3. Commitment Problems
  4. Indivisible Goods
23
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What are the 3 traits of credibility?

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1.Brinkmanship
2. Tying Hands
3. Paying for power

24
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What are 3 commitment problems?

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  1. Bargaining over the future
  2. Preventative War
  3. Preemptive war
25
Q

What is the approach to the brink of war through provocative actions?

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Brinkmanship

26
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What is when leaders show that they are determined and take costly steps to increase capabilities?

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Paying for Power

27
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What is bargaining for goods that are a source of future bargaining power?

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Bargaining over the future

28
Q

What is when it is better to fight in a war today in order to stop or slow the adversary from becoming stronger in the future?

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Preventative War

29
Q

What is the surprise attack that gives someone first-strike advantage?

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Preemptive War

30
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What is when both sides want something that cannot be easily divided or shared?

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Indivisible Goods

31
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What are institutions that help their members cooperate militarily in the event of war?

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Alliance

32
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What is a general assembly that includes all 193 members that answers any questions or any matters within the scope of the Charter of the UN and maintains international security and peace?

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UN Security Council

33
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What is consent of parties, impartiality, non-use of force except with authorization in self defense and defense of mandate?

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Peacekeeping

34
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What is government vs. rebel groups?

A

Civil War

35
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What is the kind of civil war that seeks to create an independent state on territory carved from existing state?

A

Separatist

36
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What is the kind of civil war that seeks to detach a region from one country and attach it to another country?

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Irredentist

37
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What are the 4 country level factors of civil war?

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  1. Political Exclusion
  2. Repressive/Corrupt Government
  3. Poverty and Lack of Economic Opportunities
  4. Ethnic, Religious, or Language Differences and Discriminatory Policies
38
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What are the 2 international factors of civil war?

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  1. Foreign states may be arming/aiding rebels whom they support
  2. Foreign country has conflicts of interest with government
39
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What are the 4 efforts to end civil wars?

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  1. Peacekeeping
  2. Negotiations/Peace Agreement
  3. Long-term commitment to economic development and political stability
  4. emphasizes building goodwill among the population by providing security, jobs infrastructure, goods, and services

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