Intro Concepts

Question 1

International Relations

Answer 1

the field concerned with the political, economic, social, and cultural relations between two or more countries, and those relations involving other important actors (non-governmental)

Question 2

Political Science

Answer 2

is the branch of the social sciences concerned with the study of politics

Question 3

Anarchy

Answer 3

the fact that in IR, there is no centralized authority, no government of the whole world to adjudicate disputes among states and weak ones from strong ones. According to realism, anarchy leads to balance of power where states prioritize themselves and to a security dilemma

Question 4

Security Dilemma

Answer 4

attempts of states to secure themselves is interpreted by other states as threatening, leading to a vicious cycle of building arms

Question 5

Sovereignty

Answer 5

implies that each state has political authority within its territory and each establishes its own foreign policy towards other states