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Geopolitical Concepts Flashcards

1
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Realism focuses on…

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States

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2
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Liberalism focuses on….

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more on businesses rather than states

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3
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Liberal people…

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Never go to war

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4
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Conflict

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A major component of the international system

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5
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EU is

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A liberal institution

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6
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Goals are

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Beneficial to everyone

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7
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Realists don’t believe in…

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schemes which may provide peace in the world

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8
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Realists see the world as

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Tragic and evil

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9
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Realists are not

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Angels

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10
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Realists believe

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You can not promote democracy

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11
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Realists may not want a conflict

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to prove something or want to get involved

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12
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Criticism of realism

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is when people believe everything is going against you

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13
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Liberals would say (about war)

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A real war promotes democracy

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14
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Realists would say (about war)

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a real war promotes national interest and that danger of war is always lurking in the background

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15
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Any good foreign policy goal

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is to have good ideas, aspirations, viewing the world from where it is, how it is better than where it was before

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16
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Realists support

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Dictators

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17
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Idealist

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League of nations

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18
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U.S. Are involved with basis in the pacific because

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of World War Two and Cold War they finished with claimed territory and they made the basis more solid

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19
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3 level system which believes the world is in 3 categories

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The world systems theory

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20
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World systems theory categories

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Core, periphery, semi periphery

21
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Core are dominant…

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capitalist countries that exploit periphery countries

22
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Cores are powerful and

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don’t rely on anyone

23
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Location of first core region

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Europe

24
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Periphery countries have

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unstable government maybe run by someone else, cheap labour and industries not growing

25
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Periphery countries are also referred to as

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Third world countries

26
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First country to be named periphery

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Latin America

27
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Semi Periphery countries fall

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In the middle of the economic spectrum

28
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A Semi periphery country

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Is a combination of both periphery countries and core countries

29
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Name for countries outside the system

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External countries

30
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Example of external country

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Russia

31
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Core country locations

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North America, Europe, Japan

32
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Peripheral country examples

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South America, and some Asian countries

33
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Semi peripheral country examples

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India, Brazil, South Africa

34
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How can the categories of the world systems theory be affected?

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by shift in power, geographic expansion, recessions and growth

35
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Even though the world economy is changing

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Counties mainly stay within the 3 groups

36
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Communist countries

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Opt out of the world systems theory

37
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The world systems theory was developed

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In the 60s

38
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What is NATO

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, it is an independent military alliance

39
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Purpose of NATO

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The main purpose of NATO is for the group of countries to defend each other from the possibility of communist Soviet Union taking control of their nation

40
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EU definition

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The EU is a politico-economic Union of 28 member states which are all located primarily in Europe

41
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What role has the EU played on armed conflicts

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Not particularly useful in armed conflicts

42
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Definition of the UN

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The UN (United Nations) is an intergovernmental organisation to promote international cooperation.

43
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How many members in NATO

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28

44
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Members of EU

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Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

45
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Liberal definition

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international system creating opportunities for conflict and cooperation

46
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Spykman said….

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The inner crescent was the rimland - stressing the importance of intra rimland competition

47
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Halford Mackinder

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eurasian geopolitical struggle was a contest between landpower in the inner crescent

48
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Where is the rimland?

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between the Heartland and marginal sea powers

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