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Interdependence
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Connections across nations
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blue hlemets
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UN peacekeeping force soldiers
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Contructivists
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Social Structures shape state interests and identities. Social Structures are composed of shared knowledge, material resources, practices and behavior over time.
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Scarcity
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generates the conditions for competition, cooperation, and conflict over the distribution of resources and opportunity - one of the three main assumptions
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• Global culture
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worldwide cultural integration based on a massive increase in satellite television, radio, and Internet communication
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Decolonization
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The process of shedding colonial possessions, especially the rapid end of the European empires in Africa, Asia and the Carribbean between the 1940s and 1960s
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Sovergnty
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States control what happens within their own territory.
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The country that changed alliances twice during the Cold War is
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China
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multilateral aid
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government foreign aid from several states that goes through a third party, such as the UN or other agency
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technology transfer
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third world states' acquisition of techonology (knowledge, skills, methods, designs, specialized equipment, etc.) from foreign sources, usually in conjunction with direct foreign investment or similar business operations
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conflict
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a difference in preferred outcomes in a bargaining situation; always exists
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League of Nations
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A permanent international security organization formed in the aftermath fo WWI.
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Coordination
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A type of cooperative interaction in which actors benefit form all making the same choices and subsequently have no incentive to complyEX: what side of the road to drive?
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Hobbes
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Realist who stated that Humans are rational. They operate on fear.
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Thucidides
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Realist who tried to explain changes in the balance of power.
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Conflict
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Difference in preferred outcomes in a bargaining situation.
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The currency of Thailand is known as
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Baht
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When did Nazi Germany invade Poland
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September 1939
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Globalization
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multiple processes by which people in one society become culturally, economically, politically, strategically, and ecologically closer to people in geographically distant societies
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Development Assistance Committee (DAC)
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a committee whose members--consisting of states from Western Europe, North America, and Japan/Pacific--provide 95 percent of official development assistance to countries of the global South
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Autarky (self-reliance)
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a policy of avoiding or minimizing trade and trying to produce everything one needs (or most vital things) by oneself
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• European Commission
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a European Union body whose members, while appointed by states, are supposed to represent EU interests. Supported by a multinational civil service in Brussels, the Commission’s role is to identify problems and propose solutions to the Council of Ministers
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UN Charter
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based on the principles that states are equal under international law; that states have full sovereignty over their own affairs; that states should have full independence and territorial integrity; and that states should carry out their international obligations--such as respecting diplomatic privileges, refraining from committing aggression, and observing the terms of treaties they sign.
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Peace of Westphalia
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The settlement that ended the thirty-year war in 1648; often said to have created the moderin state system becasue it included a general recognition of the principles of sovereignty and nonintervention
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Coercion
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The threat or imposition of costs on other actors in order to change their behaviorex: military threat, embargos
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International System
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A set of relations between units structured according to written and unwritten rules of interaction.
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Environmental Performance Index
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a method of quantifying and numerically benchmarking the environmental performance of a country's policies
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Economies of Scale
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Occur with the concentration of resources in that production - producing more of a commodity may be more efficient due to the aggregation of activities and resources that are required to produce it
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Tariff
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a duty or tax levied on certain types of imports (usually as a percentage of their value) as they enter a country
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• Treaty of Rome
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(1957) the founding document of the European Economic Community (EEC) or Common Market, now subsumed by the European Union
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International Criminal Court
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hears cases of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity from anywhere in the world.
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Expected utility Theory
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Expect individuals to be rational & is expected to know the utility of a preference & multiply it by the probability that, the preference can actually happen.
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Rally Effect
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The tendency for people to beomce more supportive of their country's government in response to dramatic inernational events, such as crises or warsex; September 11th and Invasion of Afganistan
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Democratic Peace Hypothesis
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No two liberal democracies have ever gone to war with one another. Liberal Democracies are just as prone to war as any other state.
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Which of the following is an international monetary institution
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classical gold standard
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Treaty of Westphalia
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Ended the 30 Years War; established who had authority to determine the religion of a territory which was the King of Sovereign leader
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newly industrializing countries (NICs)
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third world states that have achieved self-sustaining cspital accumulation, with impressive economic growht. The most successful are the "four tigers" or "four dragons" of East Asia: South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore
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Non-state actors: definition & defining characteristics.
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Transnational that join together to work on a common goalNot states; but volunteers from states.NationalismReligious MovementsTerrorist GroupsMulti-National Coporations
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Security Dilemma
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A situation in which any move that one state makes to increase its security is perceived by other states as potentially threatening and will result in a counter move by other states to increase their own security.
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Define “unbalanced multipolarity.”
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When there are three or more great powers, one of which is a potential hegemon (that is, having an appreciable power advantage over the other great powers.)
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• Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
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a European Union policy based on the principle that a subsidy extended to farmers in any member country should be extended to farmers in all member countries
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How does decision-making differ in democracies and in nondemocratic countries
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Leaders in democracies have to consider the opinion of the public because they have to win elections
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• Single European Act
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it set a target date of the end of 1992 for the creation of a true common market (free cross-border movement of goods, capital, people, and services) in the European Community (EC)
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Terrorism & terrorist groups - definition & categroies of
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Terrorist Groups - groups that seek to further their political objectives through the use of violenceTerrorism - systemic use of violence for political ends intended to change attitude's & behaviorCategories1 - National Groups-that aspire to state-hood; Basques in Spain2 - Domestic opposition groups-want a radical change of governement in their state3 - Offical/unoffical extension of the state-the state is usuing terrorist groups against people of the state who are critics4 - state sponsored terroism - Saudi Arabi sponsorship of Al-Quaida
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What are the 3 types of analysis?
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1) Normative - analysis of values held by a society; how things should be2) Empirical - to attach ovservable events within a theoritical frame work, use these observations as evidence for historical & statistical analysis.3) Policy - find the best way to achieve your goal.
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What is the trade-off between the credibility of alliances and keeping control of alliance partners?
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The more committed an ally is to the alliance, the more difficult it is to control the partner
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