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1
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Which term best characterizes the reason for American involvement in the creation of the United Nations in 1945?
A) Realism
B) Liberalism
C) Idealism
D) Militarism

A

Idealism

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Which of the following is not an effect of military force?
A) Deterrence
B) Compellence
C) Coercion
D) Economic Sanctions

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D) Economic Sanctions

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Who is the Commander-in-Chief of the US Armed Forces?
A) The president
B) Congress
C) The secretary of defense
D) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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A) The President

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Which branch of government possesses the power to declare war?
A) The presidency
B) The Judicial Branch
C) Congress
D) The Department of Defense

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C) Congress

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US national security and foreign policy have been characterized by ideological conflicts between idealism and:
A) Fascism
B) Realism
C) Conservatism
D) Communism

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B) Realism

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Strategy= _______ + _________ +__________

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Ends + Ways + Means

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Which independent agency was created by the 1947 National Security Act?
A) Central Intelligence Agency
B) National Security Agency
C) Defense Intelligence Agency
D) United States Air Force

A

A) Central Intelligence Agency

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Which of the characteristics below is not a characteristic of effective national-security strategy?
A) Pits strengths against weaknesses
B) Does not distinguish between vital and peripheral interests
C. Pursues clear objectives
D) Employs all instruments of power

A

B) Does not distinguish between vital and peripheral interests

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The 1986 Goldwater-Nichols act did which of the following?
A. Created the Space Force
B. Created the Joint Chiefs of Staff
C. Created unified regional and functional combatant commands
D. Set new requirements for the drafting of defense budgets

A

C. Created unified regional and functional combatant commands

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What is declaratory policy?
A) What we actually do
B) How much we spend on defense
C) How much financial assistance we give to other countries
D) What we say we will do

A

D) What we say we will do

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What is the principal advisory body to the president on national security issues?
A) Central Intelligence Agency
B) Joint Chiefs of Staff
C) National Security Council
D) National Economic Council

A

C. National Security Council

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Which of the following best describes the term hegemony?
A) Balance of power among nations
B) Economic competition among nations
C) The creation of alliances
D) Dominance by one country over others

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D. Dominance by one country over others

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What is an economic instrument of national security policy?
A) trade sanctions
B) domestic tax reform
C) inflation
D) Interest rate

A

a. trade sanctions

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Which powerful political-military alliance is critical to US national security?
A) Association of Southeast Asian Nations
B) North Atlantic Treaty Organization
C) Organization of American States
D) European Union

A

b. North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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Which is not a category of military capabilities?
A) force size and structure
B) weapon systems
C) gun control
D) tactical/operational/strategic doctrine

A

c. gun control

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Which nation below is not considered a US adversary?
A) Russia
B) China
C) Iran
D) India

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d. India

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17
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What is the primary function of any intelligence agency?
A) To conduct investigations
B) To formulate national-security policy
C) To provide warning
D) To engage in diplomatic relations with foreign governments

A

C) To provide warning

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Which element of the executive branch is tasked with representing US interests overseas and conducting diplomacy on behalf of the United States?
A) US Department for International Development
B) US Department of Defense
C) United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee
D) US Department of State

A

D) US Department of State

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19
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Conflict with the forces of which adversary dominated US military thought throughout the Cold War?
A) China
B) The Soviet Union/Warsaw Pact
C) Iran
D) Iraq

A

B) The Soviet Union/Warsaw Pact

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Who is not a statutory member of the National Security Council?
A) Attorney General
B) President
C) Secretary of Defense
D) Secretary of State

A

A) Attorney General

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19
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Which term below refers to the safeguarding of a people, territory and way of life?
A) Idealism
B) Economic policy
C) National Security
D) Liberal democracy

A

C) National Security

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Which statement best defines the term realism as it relates to national security strategy?
A) National security strategy should be based on national values such as the promotion of democracy and human rights
B) Economic policy - especially the promotion of free trade - should be the focus of national security strategy
C) Because the world is a dangerous, conflict-prone environment, national security strategy should maintain and promote economic, military and political power
D) Judeo-Christian values should drive the formulation of national security strategy

A

C) Because the world is a dangerous, conflict-prone environment, national security strategy should maintain and promote economic, military and political power

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The termination of which war was most affected by public opinion?
A) The Korean War (1950-1953)
B) World War II (1941-1945)
C) The Persian Gulf War (1990-1991)
D) The Vietnam War (1964-1975)

A

D) The Vietnam War

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Who is the principal advisor to the president on military matters?
A) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
B) Secretary of Defense
C) Secretary of State
D) National Security Advisor

A

A) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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Which part of the Constitution enumerates congressional responsibilities as they relate to national security?
A) Article I
B) Article II
C) Article III
D) The Bill of Rights

A

B) Article II

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23
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What is intelligence?

A

The analysis and breakdown of information for a specific purpose

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What is information?

A

Anything that can be known

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25
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What are some particular economic tools the US can leverage as part of its national security policy?

A

Military Aid, Financial Aid (Economic), Loans, Trade Sanctions, Loans

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26
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Define the term national security

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The safeguarding of people, territory, and way of life

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27
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Define the term human security

A

Issues that cannot be solved by military action alone.

Security threats involving ethnic violence, human trafficking, climate change, health pandemics, terrorism.

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What does the balance of power theory predict?

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Predicts that states can be expected to react to the power of other states by engaging in balancing behavior

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29
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What are the core values of liberalism?

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Individual liberty and moral autonomy

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30
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Explain the democratic peace theory

A

Democracies rarely go to war with one another

31
Q

Define Anarchy as used in international relations

A

Lack of a formal and authoritative global government

32
Q

Define sovereignty

A

Each state has total authority over its own population within its territory

33
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Define Soft Power

A

The ability to achieve desired outcomes in international affairs through attraction rather than coercion “The carrot”

34
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Define Hard Power

A

Military force/capabilities “The Stick”

35
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Define Smart Power

A

A blend of soft and hard power

36
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Define Idealism

A

Seeing what the World could be, idealistic and hopeful

37
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What is a “Just War”

A

War fought either in self-defense or in collective defense against an armed attack

38
Q

What is employment policy?

A

What we actually do

39
Q

The credibility of a state’s threat, Power to carry it out x Interest of the threat

A

Current Calculus Theory

40
Q

Credibility based on past actions

A

Past Actions Theory

41
Q

States where larger countries have great influence

A

Buffer States

42
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What are coalitions?

A

Arrangements meant to capture 1 objective

43
Q

Just enough power to defend state aggression

A

Defensive power

44
Q

Enough power to defend the state plus enough to tip scales and conflict over seas

A

Balancing Power

45
Q

Enough power to defend state and dominate everywhere else

A

Preponderant Power

46
Q

What is the National Security Council’s (1947) main goal?

A

Provide a support system for presidential decision-making. A/E does not make policy decisions

47
Q

Why was the NSC created?

A

Shortcomings in WWII

48
Q

Who are the statutory advisors on the NSC?

A

Director, CIA
Chairman, Joint
Chiefs of Staff

49
Q

Who are the statutory members of the NSC?

A

President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State

50
Q

What are the two distinct functions of the NSC?

A
  1. Advises president on
    national-security matters
  2. Integrates domestic, foreign
    and military policies to
    achieve national-security
    objectives
51
Q

NSC Layout:

A

President (and inner circle) > NSC > Principals committee > Deputies Committee > Working groups

52
Q

Grand ________ guides production and use of
national power— all instruments of power

A

strategy

53
Q

What did the National Security Act of 1947 create?

A

Secretary of Defense, the NSC, Air Force, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

54
Q

What did the Goldwater-Nicholas Act (1986) create?

A

Geographic Combatant Commands Services. 1 commander in charge of an entire geographic area

55
Q

What is the purpose of the intelligence community?

A

WARNING
- Collection
- Analysis

56
Q

What is?

Carrying out activity in the name of National Security. Nonattribution, don’t want anyone to know we did it.

A

Covert Action

57
Q

What are irregular threats?

A

Individuals or groups that are not an acknowledged part of another state’s military or security forces, that tend to pursue some ideological or political objective, and that use asymmetric warfare to achieve their objectives

58
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What are Regular threats?

A

Threats posed by established militaries

59
Q

What is military doctrine?

A

fundamental set of principles that guides military forces as they pursue national security objectives.

60
Q

Name some impacts of climate change on national security strategy

A

Food and water scarcity leads to terrorist organizations uprising. US must provide humanitarian aid to 3rd world countries. Population displacement = refugee crisis.

61
Q

What challenges does Southeast Asia pose to US national Security?

A

Pakistan vs. India and the threat of nuclear warfare. Stabilize Afghanistan

62
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What challenges does Europe pose to US national Security?

A

War between Russia and Ukraine

63
Q

What challenges does East Asia pose to US national Security?

A

China vs. Taiwan and North Korea

64
Q

What challenges does Sub-Saharan Africa pose to US national Security?

A

Instability leading to terrorism

65
Q

What challenges does the Middle East pose to US national Security?

A

Israel vs. Hamas, Iran, Terrorism

66
Q

Identify which is terrorism and which is insurgency:

  1. Violent acts “intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, influence the policy of a
    government, or affect the conduct of a government.” Often seen as revolutionary goals. individuals or isolated groups without broad public support.
  2. “the organized use of subversion and violence to
    seize, nullify, or challenge political control of a region.” main objective is to control a particular area or region
A
  1. Terrorism
  2. Insurgency
67
Q

What are the 7 steps in the intelligence community?

A

Planning, Collection, Processing, Analysis, Production, Dissemination, Feedback

68
Q

Why do we have so many intelligence authorities/communities?

A

Decentralization, different functions, Multiple Weapons (competing analysis)

69
Q

Who is the leader of all intelligence agencies?

A

Director of National Intelligence

70
Q

What is Comparative advantage

A

Producing the stuff you are good at and what you can produce cheaply

71
Q

What does the first article of the constitution do?

A

Give congress the power to declare war

71
Q

What does the second article of the constitution do?

A

Makes the President commander in chief and join chief of staff. Formulation of intelligence community

72
Q

Threat = ________ + _________

A

Capability + Intent

73
Q

JUS AD BELLUM

A

Reasons for going to war

74
Q

JUS EN BELLO

A

Law of warfare. Discrimination and proportionality

75
Q

What is misinformation

A

Unintentionally spreading false information

76
Q

What is disinformation

A

Intentionally spreading false information for a specific purpose

77
Q

Immigration “PUSH”

A

Poor countries, high unemployment rates, little opportunity

78
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A

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