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war
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a condition arising within states (civil war) or between states (interstate) when actors use violent means to destroy their opponents or coere them into submission
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conflict
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discord opften arising in international relations over perceived incompatibilities of interest
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Four General Trends of current armed conflict
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-the proportion of countries engaged in wrs has declined
-most wars in GS -war is not fought over territory -war between great powers is obsolete -dem. peace theory |
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interpsecific vs intraspecific aggresion
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kiiling members of other species/your own species
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pacifism
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the liberal idealist idea that says nothing justifies taking another person's life
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liberals vs realist in war
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L; peaceful resolutions R: drive for power (survival of fittest) is innate, war will happen
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socialization
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the processes by which people learn to accept the beliefs/ values/behaviors that prevail in a given culture
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territorial imparative
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people and nations will defend their territory to death like animals
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national character
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the collective characteristics ascribed to the people within a state
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ecological fallacy
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the error of assuming that the attributes of an entire pop-culture, country, a civilization-are the same attributes and attitudes of each person within it
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individualistic
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the error of assuming that an individual leader represents the poeple and opinions of the pop, so people are to blamed for a leaders actions
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rational choice vs group think
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you know it
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Aspects that effect a states likely hood to go to war
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-state's internal characteristics
-duration of ind -cult determinants of specific states -sense of mission |
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feminist theory and war
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the state as reification of the masculin ethos of power
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culture conditioning
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culture effects areas of national decision making
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More things that effect a states likely hood to go to war
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-poverty
-state location relative to other states -militarization -economy: comm vs cap -"agrieved" nationalism -ideology (esp. fascism) |
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third level of analysis and war
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global characteristics cause war
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barganing model of war
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war is a rational choice that is made to bargin through aggresion for territory, materials, etc.
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self help
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anarchy of int. systm. means that countries must look out for their own
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power transition theory
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structural realist theory that states with even amounts of power are more likely to go to war; when smaller states gain more power, war more likely
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long cycle theory and war
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dethronign hegemons in war
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war weariness hypothosis
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fighting a major war makes a country less likely to got to war until that pain falls out of memory
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Causes of Civil wars
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-unresolved sectional disputes
-relative poverty/deprivation -failed states-prize of central power -ethnic/religous hatreds -secessionist revolts -war against repressive gov. -international issues -economics -geopolitical/economic factors |
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charcteristics of Terrorism
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-politically motivated violence aginst noncombatant targets
-tactic of relatively powerless against the relatively powerful -terrorist groups as unconventional NGOs -state-sponsored at times |
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diversionary theory fo war
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leader starts war to gain approval at home, divert peoples attention from natoinal issues, and create national cohesion
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New Global Terrorism
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-global in scope
-maximal lethality using suicide attacks -operates outside state sytsem -use advanced technology -loosely associated networks of terrorist cells -deterrence or compromise ineffective |
