Final Flashcards
The absence of government authority.
Anarchy
Was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the world’s nations. This caused the emergence of the two main superpowers, the US and the Soviet Union.
World War II
The authority of the state, based on recognition by other states and by non-state actors.
Sovereignty
This ended the thirty year war and marked the end of rule by religious authority in Europe.
Treaty of Westphalia
Leaders of the victory states from World War II were the main powers in this war. US did not get involved until Pearl Harbor.
Cold War
This was designed to stop all future wars and ultimately failed.
Leagues of Nations
This is the term that says scholars returned to fundamental questions including those based around nature of state and the concept of sovereignty. In addition they thought about new things like gender and ethnicity.
Constructivism
The belief that that human nature is good and that people can improve their moral conditions.
Liberalism
The belief that individuals do not naturally cooperate out of innate character of humanity.
Neoliberalism
The belief that states do not actually want to change.
Dependency theorists
This is a reinterpretation of realism that posits that the structure of the international system is the most important level to study.
Neorealism
A theory of international relations that emphases states interests in accumulating power to ensure security.
Realism
This involves targeting both foreign public’s and elites in attempt to create an overall image.
Public diplomacy
Settling for a decision that satisfies the different constituents without ostracizing any in the process.
Stratification
These are multilateral institutions such as the United Nations that seek to contain conflicts between states.
Traditional Peacekeeping
This is the main deliberative body of the United Nations and permits debate on any topic.
General Assembly
One of the major organs of the United Nations charged with the responsibility for peace and security issues.
Security Council
Leaders do this divert public attention from domestic affairs to external conflict.
Diversionary War
This happens when even actors with no hostile or aggressive intentions may be led by their own insecurities into a costly or risky arms race.
Security Dilemma
These tend to be armed conflicts involving massive loss of life.
Total war
This treaty establishes important liberal principles.
GATT
The goal for this was to build economic wealth as an instrument of state power.
Mercantilism
A global leading trade agency focused on financing projects in developing countries; formally known as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
World bank
This is an intergovernmental organization designed to support the principles of liberal free trade.
World Trade Organization (WTO)
This military alliance formed by the states of the Soviet bloc, in response to the rearmament of West Germany. This permitted them to have Soviet troops stationed in Eastern Europe.
Warsaw Pact
The use of organized political violence by non-state actors in order to cause fear as a means to achieve a political or religious objective.
Terrorism
Using a combination of coercion with persuasion and attraction.
Soft power
The liberal belief that only through specific liberal economic policies can development result.
Washington Consensus
This is a military and political alliance between Western Europe states and the United States. This was formed to defend Europe from aggression by the Soviet Union.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
These are private associations of individuals or groups that engage in political, economic, or social activities.
Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
A problem when states or individuals are not made to pay the consequences of reckless behavior
Moral Hazard
The ability of a country to make and export a good relatively more efficiently than other countires
Comparative advantage
Multidimensional operations using military and civilian personnel, more dangerous because not all parties have consented and because force is usually used.
Complex peacekeeping
