Week 3 Textbook Flashcards
Actor
An individual, group, state, or organization that plays a major role in world politics.
Foreign Policy
A government’s strategy in dealing with other nations.
Intermestic
Issues confronting a state that are simultaneously international and domestic.
Isolationism
Foreign policy aimed at withdrawing from participation in global affairs.
Imperialism
Imposing a state’s power over other states (e.g., traditionally territorially, contemporarily economically).
Geopolitics
The theoretical notion that states’ foreign policies are shaped by their location, natural resources, and physical environment.
Autocracy
A system of government where one person has absolute power.
Diversionary Theory of War
Initiating conflict abroad to pull attention from domestic issues.
Who is the “end of history” thesis accredited to?
Francis Fukuyama
Democratic Peace
Democratic states don’t wage ware against each other
Unitary actor
Events external, rather than internal, to a state affect its foreign policy.
Opportunity Costs
The loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen.
