Final Readings

Question 1

Keck and Sikkink

Answer 1

TANs (Transnational Advocacy Networks) work in multiple ways to bring attention to and induce action towards global injustices and issues

Question 2

Bob

Answer 2

Global injustices that are marketed better can garner more support

Question 3

Hegghammer

Answer 3

Jihadism is going to rise in the future because of 1) the growth in the number of economically underperforming Muslim youth 2) growth in the number of experienced jihadi entrepreneurs 3) persistent conflict in the muslim world 4) the freedom of the internet

Question 4

Posen

Answer 4

the US should abandon its hegemonic strategy and replace it with one of restraint

Question 5

Brooks

Answer 5

benefits of maintaining deep international commitment are 1) reducing and checking competitors, 2) maintaining open economy and giving the US a leg up in the international economy and 3) making it easier for the US to secure future cooperation

Question 6

Dupont

Answer 6

Global climate issues are a big deal and should be considered a national security dilemma

Question 7

Caprioli

Answer 7

Higher levels of gender equality correlate with lower levels of military action to settle international disputes

Question 8

Kaufman

Answer 8

Restoring civil politics in multiethnic states after ethnic wars is impossible because the war destroyed the possibility of cooperation, and peace enforcement by a third party doesn’t work after they pull out: the only solution is to separate the two group, giving each a national homeland

Question 9

Hartzell and Hoddie

Answer 9

Power sharing (dividing up power in multiple dimensions) is a key to increasing chances for enduring peace

Question 10

Clark

Answer 10

ISIS is transitioning from an insurgency group into a terrorist group; their focus is less about holding land and more about attacking places: they are beginning to look more like Al Qaeda than they were before (i.e. less centralized and visible, less state-like, more global)