International Relations Exam Bundle Graded A+

realism - ANSWER-a pragmatic approach to foreign policy, emphasizing national self-interest and based on the premise that power is the central factor in IR realpolitik - ANSWER-emphasizes the conflictual nature of global politics, the priority of national security, a pessimistic assessment of hum...

What must a state have? - ANSWER-Territory, People ,In and External Sovereignty What is identified as the beginning of the modern state system? - ANSWER-The legal basis for modern statehood was established by the Peace Treaties of Westphalia and Osnabruck (1648). The states agreed to recognize ea...

Treaties of Westphalia - ANSWER-Treaties ending the Thirty Years War in Europe in 1648; mandated sovereign, independent states, territorial integrity, and led to permanent national militaries. legitimacy - ANSWER-A power is recognized and accepted by society as legally and morally correct. Citize...

Anarchy - ANSWER-The absence of government authority Behaviorism - ANSWER-An approach to the study of social science and international relations that posits that individuals and units like states act in regularized ways; leads to a belief that behaviors can be described, explained, and predicted ...

What are all the levels of analysis? - ANSWER-Describe Explain Predict ~Normative Sub- State (Sub-Unit) Level - ANSWER-Examples: Branches of government; Bureaucratic bodies; Corporations; Interest groups; Etc. Trans State Level - ANSWER-Sub-units or sub-state units that operate outs...

Nation State - ANSWER-A country who's population shares a common identity. International Relations - ANSWER-the study of relations between countries Realism - ANSWER-How the world really is, and not how it ought to be. Security Dilemma - ANSWER-Actions taken to increase your own security c...

Hegemonic war - ANSWER-war over control of world order - the rules of the international system as a whole, role of world hegemony. aka "World War" Total War - ANSWER-Warfare waged by one state to conquer and occupy another. Limited War - ANSWER-military actions carried out to gain some objec...

anarchic international system - ANSWER-independent states with no central authority above them appeasement - ANSWER-a diplomatic policy of making political concessions to an enemy power in order to avoid conflict balance of power - ANSWER-this theory suggests that national security is enhanced...

General Assembly - ANSWER-main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ of the UN Security council - ANSWER-maintains peace and address risks to global security Peace keepers - ANSWER-international enforcement and supervision of a truce between hostile states and communities Mil...

security dilemma - ANSWER-A situation in which actions that states take to ensure their own security (such as deploying more military forces) are perceived as threats to the security of other states. hegemony - ANSWER-The holding by one state of a preponderance of power in the international syste...

State - ANSWER-A territory controlled by a government and inhabited by a population Non-State Actors - ANSWER-Banks/companies/NGO's/Private Organizations/Intergovernmental Organizations - Strongly influence state actors Science of international politics - ANSWER-1. Clearly defined question...

Nation State - ANSWER-A a geographical area that can be identified as deriving its political legitimacy from serving as a sovereign nation. International Relations - ANSWER-International relations (IR) or international affairs is a field of political science that studies relationships among count...

What is IR? - ANSWER-The study of relationships between states General Power - ANSWER-Ability to achieve one's own goals/objectives Behavioral Power - ANSWER-Get other actors to behave in way they wouldn't without influence Power (Resources) - ANSWER-Tangible, most assets Relative - AN...

What are the primary approaches to understanding actions and events in International Relations discussed in class? - ANSWER-Single events/people Prescriptive Ideological Empirical Generalizability What is a theory? - ANSWER-A story to explain based on known information, not a mere guess W...

According to realism, only ____ can be players in international relations. a. States b. Corporations c. International organizations d. Individuals - ANSWER-States Which of the following statements would be least likely to represent the views of a realist? a. The international order cannot b...

Intergovernmental Organizations - ANSWER-is an organization composed primarily of sovereign states (referred to as member states), or of other intergovernmental organizations. ... IGOs are established by a treaty that acts as a charter creating the group. Non-governmental organizations - ANSWER-a...

international relations (IR) - ANSWER-relationships between world's governments collective goods problem - ANSWER-how to provide something that benefits all members of the group regardless of what each member contributes dominance - ANSWER-power hierarchy- the top controls the bottom (self in...

International Relations - ANSWER-Study of nation-states and nongovernmental organizations' interaction in politics, economics, and security. Hegemony - ANSWER-Political, military, or predominant control of one state over others, with the dominant state known as the hegemon. Bipolar - ANSWER-A...

Realism - ANSWER-outlines political relations under the assumption that power is the primary end of political action - by means of security; state power domestic or international; national interest, security, power states are self-interested, power seeking powers; seek security and maximized surviv...

The Rwanda genocide and civil war could be viewed as Malthusian because: A. Political division fell along ethnic lines B. World coffee prices collapsed C. Wealth divisions fell along ethnic lines D. All of the above - ANSWER-World coffee prices collapsed Burley argues that international insti...

Theory - ANSWER-a proposed explanation of an event or behavior of an actor in the real world. Definitions range from "an unproven assumption" to "a working hypothesis that proposed an explanation for an action or behavior." In international relations we have intuitive theories, empirical theorie...

international relations - ANSWER-concerns the relationship among the world's governments collective goods problem - ANSWER-the problem of how to provide something that benefits all members of a group regardless of what each member contributes to it dominance - ANSWER-establishes a hierarchy i...

Anarchical international system - ANSWER-The traditional structure of world politics in which there is no is no central authority to set and enforce rules and resolve disputes. There are rules but they are informal and that is why international law, intergovernmental organizations and the internatio...

key authors in IR theory and foreign policy - ANSWER-hook, Snyder, walt, and rose main unit of realism - ANSWER-states main focus in realism - ANSWER-power and security (power is needed for survival and exerting influence) what is anarchy? - ANSWER-the absence of a global governance system...

What is the need to develop categories of explanations? - ANSWER--Categorization (drawing lines, common reference points)-how we make sense of a lot of information. -Causality (cause/effect; to think about why things happen in the world) -Policy relevance -Interpreting history What is individu...

Liberals believe that military force as a form of leverage is not as important as realists do - ANSWER-True Neoliberals agree with realists that states are unitary actors - ANSWER-True International regimes exist in international security but not in international political economy - ANSWER-Fal...

What is international Relations? - ANSWER-Collective Interaction of actors in the international community. List the two kinds of interactions. - ANSWER-Positive Interactions- cooperation over aviation security. Negative Interactions- 9/11 terrorist attacks What is the principle of collective ...

Fathers of International Law - ANSWER-Hugo Grotius and Emerich Vattek International Law - ANSWER-Face common coordination and collaboration problems. Cannot have United Nations without international law. Designed to facilitate international order Customary International Law - ANSWER-accepted p...

Liberalism is good at explaining - ANSWER-international environmental cooperation Which of the following is a military dictatorship? - ANSWER-North Korea Historical approaches to international relations stressed - ANSWER-description of unique events A policy of joining with the weaker side ...