POLS 3053 International Relations

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POLS 3053International Relations

• Chapter 13International and Global Security in
  the Post-Cold War Era
• Question Universe

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In Man, the State, and War (1959), __ places
emphasis on the nature of international anarchy
as a cause of war, but also recognizes that a
comprehensive explanation of the causes of war
requires understanding human nature, the nature
of the state, and the nature of the international
system.

• a. Michael Walzer d. J. David Singer
• b. Kenneth Thompson e. Ted Robert Gurr
• c. Kenneth Watz

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In dealing with security issues, the __ school of
thought was considered the best approach.

• a. realist d. socialist
• b. idealist e. liberal
• c. fascist

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Notions of the concept security include all of
the following EXCEPT

• a. absence of existential threat to core values.
• b. absence of threats to acquired values.
• c. domination of neighboring states.
• d. maintenance of an independent identity.
• e. a process of emancipation.

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Economic pressures can often provoke huge
migrations of peoples, which further encourage
social tensions within and between states. One
example the authors point to is the migration of
huge numbers of people from __ to northern India.

• a. Pakistan d. Bangladesh
• b. Nepal e. Sri Lanka
• c. China

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The idea, first articulated by John Hertz in the
1950s, that one nations attempts to look after
their security needs are perceived regardless
of intentions -- as threatening to other state
actors. This is called the

• a. free rider problem. d. Prisoners Dilemma
• b. security dilemma. e. Golden Rule.
• c. reciprocity conundrum.

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According to realists, trust is

• a. a foolish emotion.
• b. impossible because nation-states are
  inevitably motivated by the urge to conquer.
• c. a necessary but insufficient basis for
  alliances.
• d. relatively easy to establish within the
  framework of international security.
• e. difficult to maintain because of the problem
  of cheating.

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Among the reasons contingent realists argue that
standard structural realism is flawed include

• a. its overemphasis on relative gains.
• b. the rejection of competition bias inherent in
  realist theory.
• c. the argument that the emphasis on cheating is
  overblown.
• d. all of the above.
• e. none of the above.

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Among the intellectual predecessors of the
Realist school of thought include all of the
following EXCEPT

• a. Hobbes d. Immanuel Kant
• b. Rousseau e. Edmund Burke
• c. Machiavelli

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The idea of __ points to a growing recognition
among responsible states that there are good
security reasons for taking into account the
interests of their neighbors when making their
own policies.

• a. reciprocity d. communal
  interests
• b. mature anarchy e. social goods.
• c. collective security

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The standard neo-realist approach to
international security includes the belief that
international institutions

• a. are impotent to stop warfare.
• b. are exceptionally important tools in pursuing
  collective security.
• c. do not have a very important part to play in
  the prevention of war.
• d. are simply tools of the superpowers.
• e. all of the above.

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The primary intellectual resource for democratic
peace theory is __s 1795 essay, Perpetual Peace.

• a. John Locke d. Jean-Jacques
  Rousseau
• b. Immanuel Kant e. Montesquieu
• c. John Stuart Mill

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Among advocates for democratic peace theory, __
argues democratic representation, an ideological
commitment to human rights, and transnational
interdependence provide an explanation for the
peace-prone tendencies of democratic states.

• a. Harvey Starr d. Robert Dahl
• b. Bruce Russett e. Michael Doyle
• c. J. David Singer

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Among advocates of democratic peace theory, __
rejects vulgar realisms vision of war of all
against all, and that democratic values are not
the only influence permitting states to avoid war.

• a. Harvey Starr d. Michael
  Doyle
• b. Bruce Russett e. Robert Dahl
• c. Charles W. Kegley

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As an exemplar of the idea of collective
security, the League of Nations is viewed as __
by advocates.

• a. a flawed but promising experiment
• b. a qualified success
• c. an abject failure
• d. as a failure that does not prove that all
  collective security arrangements must fail
• e. as an iron law demonstrating that states
  commitment to sovereignty undermine attempts to
  establish collective security regimes.

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John Mearshimers critique of collective security
includes all of the following EXCEPT

• a. states cannot distinguish between aggressors
  and victims.
• b. collective security regimes create a more
  benign international system.
• c. historical enmity between states may
  complicate collective working of a collective
  security regime.
• d. state fears of transforming local conflicts
  into international conflicts.
• e.difficulties of rapid response due to
  unwillingness to engage in pre-crisis contingency
  planning.

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Generally, the realist view of collective
security can best be captured by the word

• a. stupid. d. flawed.
• b. insane. e. hopeful.
• c. utopian.

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