Week 1 Flashcards
1
Q
1648
A
- End of Thirty Years War/Peace of Westphalia
2
Q
1815
A
- End of Napoleonic Wars/Concert of Europe
3
Q
End of Thirty Years War/Peace of Westphalia
A
- religious political conflict that killed millions of people in Europe for 30 years
4
Q
End of Napoleonic Wars/Concert of Europe
A
- regular meetings of heads of state and heads of government to talk about issues
- trying to institutionalize balance of power mechanisms
5
Q
1918
A
- End of First World War/Treaty of Versailles
6
Q
End of First World War/Treaty of Versailles
A
- Almost 100 years between massive wars
- Partly because these countries tried to work together
7
Q
1945
A
- End of WWII/United Nations Charter [Cold War]
8
Q
End of WWII/United Nations Charter [Cold War]
A
- this is the system we still operate under
- try to lock in great power relations
- Great veto powers on the security council today: France, China, Russia, UK, US
9
Q
1989-91
A
- End of the Cold War/Gulf War I/Dissolution of USSR
10
Q
End of the Cold War/Gulf War I/Dissolution of USSR
A
- still have the same powers on the security council but its no longer the USSR, it’s Russia
11
Q
2001
A
- Terrorist attacks on NY & DC
12
Q
2014
A
- Russia annexes Crimean Peninsula
13
Q
What are the units of analysis in IR/GP?
A
- there is a difference between domestic and global politics with units and levels
- the units are the states and great powers
14
Q
What are the appropriate level of analysis to local causes of phenomena?
A
- individual/human nature
- state/domestic politics
- international system/society of states
- global/structural
15
Q
Domestic politics
A
- theories/analysis of the “good life” and political processes within the sovereign state
