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constructivist methods
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looks at language and such to see how things occur, doesn't see cause and affect
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identity perspective
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emphasizes the importance of ideals and people
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counterfactual reasoning
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testing causuality by wondering if events would have happend anyway.
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critical theory perspective
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puts events in context
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liberal perspective
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relations and negotiations
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pragmatism
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be moral but not dogmatic
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realist perspective
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Power is the only thing that matters, everything else derives from struggling for it
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universalism
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holds to universal values and morality
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absolute gains
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Both sides have growth
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agent-oriented constructivism
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identity perspective that focuses on certain people influencing lives i.e. enders game
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balance of power
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an equilibrium achieved when states counter balance to make sure there is no supreme powerful state
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civil society
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product of non-governmental organizations
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collective goods
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things that are good for everyone, not exclusive to one entity, and not diminished when consumed,ie clean air
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collective security
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common institutions and rules that settle disputes peacefully
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constructivism
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a view that emphasizes ideas over people and power
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deconstructivists
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believe that all politics is centralized around power and try to prove this
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deterrence
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using the threat of retaliation to stop an attack
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distribution of identities
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how identities relate and compare to each other
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extended deterrence
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a method of defense where a country agrees to 2nd strikes after it's ally has been attacked
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external identity
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identity built on historical and external relations with other countries
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geopolitics
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focus of location as a basis for politics
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global governance
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great powers that govern global economy
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hegemon
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dominant power in international system
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human security
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violence in the streets and at home
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intergovernmental organizations
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organizations established by governments
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internal identity
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historically and culturally based identity
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international regimes
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a network of international institutions
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legitimacy
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right to use power in international affairs
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zero sum
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situations in game strategy where what one gains the other looses
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preponderance of power
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states all align and agree to punish a state, collective security
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rogue states
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uncontrollable states that could have a negative influence
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security delimma
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when a state feel threatened and beefs up its defenses thus threatening the other state
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soft power
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non violent influence
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transational relations
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relations amongst NGO's
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Buckpassing
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allowing other countries to fight when you stay nuetral, pacifist are accused of this
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city leagues
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collection of city states united for protection or trade
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city - states
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cities controlled by sovereign governments
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concert of europe
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in early 19th century conferences that helped control europe
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congress of vienna
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conference in 1814-1815 that settled concert of europe
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exogenous variables
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variables that came out from nowhere
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holy alliance
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1815 gave sovereignity to God, all rulers subject to Christianity
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nation states
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states defined by the fusion of the masses of people, not territories
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quadruple alliance/qintuple alliance
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est. 1814 with britain russia, prussia, and austria to prevent another french revolution; in 1818 France joined and members agreed to settle disputes peacefully
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raison d'etat
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what the state is focused most on
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concert of europe
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system of conferences in the early 19th century
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sovereinty
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a condition in which a state answers to no one
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territorial states
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administrations that no longer answered to the holy roman emperor
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cult of the offensive
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belief in offensive millitary power, and identity explanation
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entente cordiale
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ended british isolation in 1904, signed with france
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irredentism
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identity idea, the act of one state claiming territory on some grounds typically historical, germany wante alsacelorraine from france,
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liberal nationalism
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nationalism focused on shared ideals
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hypernationalism
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race and cultural pride combine, germany
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militant nationalism
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darwanistic approach to fighitng culture wars
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power conversion
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wealth converts to millitary power, germany did this
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schlieffen plan
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attack france, then russia, used in 1913
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socialist nationalism
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nationalism that sought equality
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triple alliance
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alliance between germany, austria-hungry, and italy that made for 50% of european wealth
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triple entente
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greta britain, france, and russia 20 years after triple alliance, accounted for 50% of european wealth
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zollverein
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agreement that openend up trade between germany & prussia, in 1830's, built german wealth
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appeasement
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aversion of force by making an offering to a higher power
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chain-ganging
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countries that align against a common foe
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lebensraum
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Hitler expansion theory to create a larger living area for the supreme race
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self determination
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nations can adopt whatever identity they want
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substantive norms
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identity perspective, difference between norms
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unanimity
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article 5 of 14 points, council has to be unanimous,
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exceptionalism
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a view that a country is unique due to it's origins and institutions
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ABM treaty
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1972 treaty, between russia and USA banning ballistic missles
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Baruch Plan
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1946 US plan to create an international agency under UN to control nuclear weapons
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containment
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U.S. policy to make alliances against USSR, and to check alliances with USSR
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countervalue weapons
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missles aimed at civillians and industries
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finlandization
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soviet union agree to ally with any kind of society if they support their foreign policy
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flexible response
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the strategy of fighting wars that aren't nuclear even though you can
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imperial overstretch
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when superpowers spend themselves in proxy conflicts
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massive retaliation
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to thretaen to go to war
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Power
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The ability of X to get Y to do something it doesn't want to.
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minimum deterrence
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A few well placed second strike missles
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nonaligned movement
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non involvment in the cold war by other countries
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perimeter deterrence
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nipping peripheral disputes in the bud so that they don't spread to Europe
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The Marshall Plan
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June 5, 1947.Foreign Aid to European Countries to Assist Reconstruction and Prevent Communist Victories.
Marks the Beginning of the Partition of Europe. blocade |
