Global Politics Quiz 3

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escalation

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Tendency of wars to get bigger and fiercer

Front 2

asymmetric

Back 2

Out of balance, as when one country has more power than another

Front 3

appeasement

Back 3

A concession to satisfy a hostile country; in disrepute since Hitler

Front 4

Coercive Disarmament

Back 4

methods of compelling a foe to give up weapons

Front 5

Security Dilemma

Back 5

Mutually reinforcing negative effects of each nation's efforts to increase defense capabilities

Front 6

Misperceive

Back 6

To see things wrongly

Front 7

Arms race

Back 7

Competition between rival countries to build more weapons

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Marxism

Back 8

Militant revolutionary form of socialism

Front 9

Contradiction

Back 9

In marxism, a deep incurable problem that rips the society apart (dysfunctional)

Front 10

Bourgeoisie

Back 10

Middle Class; pejorative in marxist usage

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Neo

Back 11

Revival or updating of previous ideology or approach

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Target Hardening

Back 12

Increasing security at a specific place to prevent attack

Front 13

Cui Bono

Back 13

Latin for "to whose benefit?" or "who's gain"

Front 14

Cletente Diplomacy

Back 14

Attempts to relax tensions between hostile countries

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Rogue State

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Aggressive, Risk-taking regime unbound by rules or agreements

Front 16

Empirical

Back 16

Supported by observational evidence

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Relativism

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Abandoning absolute moral standards

Front 18

Dreadnought

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(from British HMS dreadnought) early name for battleship

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Revolutionary

Back 19

In Kissinger's theory, IR system in which a major state seeks to overthrow others

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Cultural hegemony

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Gramsci's theory that capitalist control of culture keeps workers unrevolutionary

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Rational

Back 21

Able to think clearly and test ideas against reality

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Realism

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IR theory that emphasizes power and national interest

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Strategic Defense Initiative

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Defense missiles to protect the US from incoming missilies

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Credibility

Back 24

Being considered trustworthy or believable, the crux of defense

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Theory

Back 25

Explanation of why things happen

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Analogy

Back 26

A previous situation that (you think) explains a present one

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Disarmament

Back 27

Elimination of existing weapons

Front 28

Second Strike Capability

Back 28

Ability to hit back after a first strike; if credible, promotes deterrence

Front 29

Groupthink

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Janis' theory that group cohesion stifles doubt and dissent

Front 30

Defense

Back 30

Blocking an enemy's attack

Front 31

Security

Back 31

What a country does to safeguard its sovereignty

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Casualty

Back 32

Killed or wounded (DO not confuse w causality)

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Paradigm

Back 33

A widely accepted research model or way of studying things

Front 34

Crusade

Back 34

In realist thought, an ideological war unrelated to the true national interest

Front 35

Construct

Back 35

Idea so widely accepted that it seems to be a fact

Front 36

Liberalism

Back 36

In IR, presumption that countries can interact peacefully

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Neoliberal

Back 37

Emphasizes economic interdependence and international organizations

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Blitzkrieg

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German for "lightning war"; quick armored attack

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Bailout

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emergency loan to prevent corporation or govt from collapsing

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Interdependence

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Mutual and interlocking benefit

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Level of analysis

Back 41

Where you suppose causality resides; in individuals, states, or the international sstem

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Micro

Back 42

lose-ups of individual and small-group behavior

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Sunk Cost

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Previous losses justify continuing the war

Front 44

Deterrence

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Dissuading attack by showing its high costs to the attacker

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Proliferation

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More states acquiring nuclear weapons

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National Missile Defense

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Revival of SDI proposed by Bush 43

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Classical Liberalism

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Adam Smith's theory that an economy corrects itself without govt supervision; became US conservatism

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Proletariat

Back 48

In Marxist, large class of industrial workers

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Constructivism

Back 49

Mental constructs, formed by social interaction and convention, govern thinking

Front 50

Eclectic

Back 50

Drawn from a variety of sources

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Causality

Back 51

Proving that one thing causes another

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National Interest

Back 52

What is good for a country in international relations; often disputed

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Reactionary

Back 53

Extremely conservative; seeks returning to old ways

Front 54

Macro

Back 54

Big, panoramic view of state interactions