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43 Cards in this Set
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Geopolitical premium
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extra amount it costs over the production cost; price of security
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Where the US gets its oil from.
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20% Canada; then Mexico, Venezula and Saudia Arabia
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US percentage of world military expenditures
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48%
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Global Polarity
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trend of countries power; which ones are rising and falling
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Liberal Theory
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*human nature is basically good and that people can improve their conditions;war is not inevitable;importance of state and nonstate actors; no single definition of state'e national interest;
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Neoliberalism
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states that have continous interactions with each other choose to cooperate because they realize that they will have future interactions with the same states; believe in the lesson of the Prisoners Dilemma;
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Functionalism
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rooted in the belief that governance arrangements arise out of the basic, or functional, needs of people and states; EU and IOs
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International Regimes
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international law consists not only of formal prohibitions but also of more informal norms and rules of behavior that overtime may become codified and sometimes institutionalized
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Realism
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based on the assumption that individuals are basically power seeking and act in a rational way; states are the primary actors; IOs are a tool of states to be used when desired; believe deterence and balance of power are more effective in maintaining
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Neorealism-structural realism
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the international system's structure is determined by the ordering principle, namely the absense of overarching authority and the distribution of capabilities among
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Strategic or Rational Choice Theory
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view the markets as the most efficient mechanism of human behavior
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Hegemonic Stability Theory
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believes an open world economy is created and maintained through the power and leadership of a dominant or hegemonic state
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Constructivism
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the behavior of individuals, states, and other actors is shaped by shared beliefs, socially contructed rules, and cultural practices
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Marxist theory
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view IOs and international law as products of a dominant group of states, dominant ideas, and the interests of the capitalist class
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Dependency theory
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trade terms are unequal between the developing world and developed world; partially as a consquence of the history of colonialism
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Treaty of Westphalia
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ended the 30 Years War; recognized territorial sovereignty, right of ruler to chose state religion, and the prohibition of interference from supranational authorities like the Catholic Church
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Concert of Europe
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was established in 1815; multilateral meetings among the major European powers for the purpose of settling problems and cordinating action; solidified collective diplomacy and the special status for great powers
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World Health Organization
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began in 1948 as a UN specialized agency; World Health Assemby is the main decision making body; every country gets one vote
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International Court of Justice
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15 justices elected by the GA and SC for 9 year terms; in the Hague, part of the UN; has noncompulsory jurisdiction; deals with states only
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noncompulsory jurisdiction
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parties to a dispute must all agree to submit a case to the court; ICJ
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International Criminal Court
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has jurisdiction over serious war crimes that represent a policy or plan rather than random acts of war; no individual (except under the age of 18), including heads of state, are immune;US not a member
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Article 2 of the UN Charter
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sovereign equality of member states; states should refrain from force; UN will keep out of domestic issues
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UN Conference on IO
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convened in San Francisco on April 25, 1945; modified and finalized what had already been decieded by the great powers; US first country to ratify the charter
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General Assembly
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where all UN members are equally represented to a one state, one vote formula; has control over elections and the budget; general debate every September
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Security Council
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5 permanent members and 10 nonpermanent; nonperm. members elected for two year terms
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Secretary-General
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leads the secretariat, prepares the UN budget, submits annual reports to the GA; 5 year renewable term on recommendation of the SC and 2/3 of GA
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good office
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use of a 3rd party to help with negotiations (could involve backchannelling or providing facilities)
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peacekeeping
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Chapter 6 1/2; parties agree to presence; mission is to maintain peace; lightly armed; strict neutrality
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peacemaking
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no agreement to let the UN help; mission is to create peace; heavily armed; blame for conflict may be assigned
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World Bank
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only deal at the govt. level; largest multilateral source of funds for economic development in the world; head always American
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IMF
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provides temporary funds to govts to correct balance of payments deficits; head always european
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Article 4 consultation
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IMF helps but requires restructuring of the countries economic policies; cut social spending; encourage free trade
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World Trade Organization
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in Geneva; started as GATT, encourages free trade through lowering of tariffs and trade liberalization
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CoCom
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US led multilateral sanctions involving sensitive technologies against CCCP and other communist countries
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Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
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1970 entered into force; it is a bargain that in return for nonnuclear weapons states' pledge not to develope weapons they will be aided in gaining access to peaceful nuclear technologies in return the nuclear states promise to give up their weapons in the future
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single largest recipient of US aid
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Israel recieves $8 billion a year
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straight 18 principle
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calls for a ban on compulsory and voluntary recruitment of children under the age of 18
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SC resolution 1441
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condemning Iraq's breach of the 1991 ceasefire adn authorizing the resumptions of weapons inspections
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forum shopping
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the multiplicity of int. forums means that states can often choose where to take certain issues
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power steering
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involves getting agreement first among a small group of key states and then getting other states to accept their recommendations
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Int. Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ICTY
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est. by the SC in 1993; first war crimes tribuanl since Nuremburg; first time a sitting president testified against a former one
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Rome Statue 1998
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created the ICC; made it a permanent body that could try individuals and states; only acts when/if national courts cannot
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2 major problems with the ICC
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1-the perception of the court as a Western court
2-massification of evidence; witnesses |
