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LECTURE 1 Flashcards

1
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How countries relate & interact to each other.

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International Relations

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How countries compete & conflict to each other.

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International Relations

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3
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Why does competing and conflict exist between countries?

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Because of constant competition with resources

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4
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How countries cooperate and communicate to each other.

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International Relations

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5
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Study of how countries relate to one another, how they work together, and how they conflict.

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International Relations

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6
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Study of how state and non-state actors interact and relate to each other.

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International Relations

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7
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State pertains to?

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Country

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8
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Non-state pertains to?

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International Organizations

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9
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How many sovereign states in the world today?

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195

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10
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How many states are recognized?

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201

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11
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How many states are self-declared countries?

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207

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12
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How many nations can compete in FIFA WORLD CUP?

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211

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13
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How many countries are eligible competing in Olympics?

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206

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14
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What is state according to Max Weber?

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A human community that successfully claims a monopoly of the legitimate use of violence within a given area.

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15
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A state is a self-governing political entity having:

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  • Territory with internationally recognized borders
  • A Permanent population
  • A government
  • Sovereignty over it’s people and territory
  • External recognition from other states
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16
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What are the elements of state?

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1) Inhabited by human (External)
2) Exercising Sovereignty (Independent)
3) Controlled by Govt. (Internal)
4) Territorial Entity (Geographic Profile of State)

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17
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Bedrock of International Relations

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Sovereignty

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18
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Concept where countries are allowed to interact with one another

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State Sovereignty

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19
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Countries have the right to determine and control what happens within borders

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State Sovereignty

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20
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No other state has power or control over its territory. Government are free to do what they want within their own state.

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State Sovereignty

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21
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Origin of State Sovereignty

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Westphalian Sovereignty

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22
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Who are the people involved in Westphalian Sovereignty

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Jean Bodin and Hugo Grotius

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23
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Group of people with distinct identity

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Nation

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What are those shared by members of Nation?

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  • Race
  • History
  • Language
  • Ethnicity
  • Cultures
  • Religion
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25
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A nation that has a state or country of their own

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Nation-State

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26
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Example of Nation-State countries

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France, Germany, S. Korea, Egypt, Japan, Ireland, Iceland, Hungary, Lebanon, Mongolia, Portugal and Poland

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27
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Interstate

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Between states

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28
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Intrastate

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Within a state

29
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What are the different types of Government?

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1) Autocracy/Oligarchy
2) Dictatorship
3) Monarchy
4) Theocracy
5) Democracy

30
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The power is concentrated in the hands of a leader or group not constitutionally responsible to the people.

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Authoritarian Government

31
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Leaders constitute a single party or small group of people

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Autocracy/Oligarchy

32
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Individual personalities less critical than party/group loyalty

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Autocracy/Oligarchy

33
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Power concentrated in a single person

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Dictatorship

34
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Individual personalities dominate

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Dictatorship

35
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Power is in the hands of a King or Queen

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Monarchy Government

36
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Power is inherited through family bloodlines

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Monarchy Government

37
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Monarch is the HEAD of the state (Final Decider)

Ex: UK

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Constitutional Monarchy

38
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Monarch is both the HEAD of state and government

Ex: Saudi Arabia

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Traditional Monarchy

39
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Pope is the head of the government

Ex: Vatican and Iran

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Theocracy

40
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Power is in the hands of religious leaders

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Theocracy

41
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The people rule themselves either directly or through elected representatives

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Democracy

42
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Geographic profile of the state

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Territory

43
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Four domain of Territory

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  • Terrestrial: Land
  • Maritime: Water
  • Fluvial: Inland Water
  • Aerial: Airspace
44
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An administrative region usually an area that is under the jurisdiction of a state

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Territory

45
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Types of Territory

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COFUDDOM
- Capital
- Overseas
- Federal
- Unorganized
- Dependent
- Disputed
- Occupied
- Maritime

46
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Specially designated territory where a country’s seat of government is located

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Capital Territory

47
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A designation for a territory that is not an independent sovereign state, yet remains politically outside the governing state’s integral area

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Dependent Territory

48
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It is within the direct and usually exclusive jurisdiction of the central or national government within a federation

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Federal Territory

49
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A broad designation for a territorial entity that is separated from the country that governs it by an ocean. It may be constituent or dependent

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Overseas Territory

50
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A region of land without a normally constituted system of government

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Unorganized Territory

51
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Always sparsely populated, and may be incorporated or unincorporated

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Unorganized Territory

52
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The geographic area claimed by two or more rival governments

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Disputed Territory

53
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A region that is under the military control of an outside power that has not annexed the region

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Occupied Territory

54
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A term used in international law to denote coastal waters which are not territorial water though in immediate contact with the sea

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Maritime Territory

55
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Four Components of Maritime Territory

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1) Baseline
2) Territorial Sea
3) Contiguous
4) Exclusive Economic Zone

56
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All sides are surrounded by water

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Archipelagic State

57
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One or more sides are surrounded by water

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Coastal State

58
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The capacity of an individual to influence, persuade and regulate the state or people

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Power

59
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Ability of a state to influence behavior of other states

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Power

60
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With Multiple centers of power

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Multipolar System

61
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There isa rough balance of power between four or more states

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Multipolar System

62
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No state is dominant

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Multipolar System

63
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Dominated by two major powers

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Bipolar System

64
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Active and Aggressive War

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Hot War

65
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Substitute War

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Proxy War

66
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Dominated by one powerful state

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Unipolar System

67
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Super Powered dominating countries

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Hegemon

68
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The idea that states will adopt policies or form alliances meant to keep any one state or group of state becoming too powerful

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Balance of Power Theory of Politics

69
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Concept used in analyzing the distribution of power in the world

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Balance of Power

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