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A community of people sharing a common identity, often based on shared history culture.

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Nation

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States that cross the boundaries of several states.

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Multinational States

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Nations that cross many state boundaries but are not really represented in any state

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Stateless Nations

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The ability of an actor to influence others. State power is largely influenced by state capabilities, but it is a multidimensional concept.

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Power

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A situation in which a state that possesses greater military capabilities loses in conflicts to apparently much weaker actors

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Paradox of Unrealized Power

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Unconventional fighting between unequal belligerents that often involves ambush or guerilla tactics to destroy the more powerful sides will to fight, rather than to militarily conquer it.

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Asymmetrical Warfare

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Influence based on the attraction of ones ideas or on the ability to set the political agenda in a way that shapes the preferences of others.

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Soft Power

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The relationship between geography and political power.

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Geopolitics

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The value of all goods and services produced within a state in a given year.

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Gross National Product

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The value of GNP divided by the population of the state.

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GNP Per Capita

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Interactions across state boundaries when at least one actor is a nonstate actor or an intergovernmental organization.

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Transnational Relations

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The purchase or subsidy of a corporation by a corporation headquartered in another country.

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Foreign Direct Investment

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Assistance to relieve suffering of individuals experiencing hardship

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Humanitarian Relief

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NGO dedicated to improvement of human rights, particularly for political prisoners.

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Amnesty International

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Terrorist groups with membership support, targets, activities, or aims that cross state borders.

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International Terrorist Groups

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Assumption that states are monolithic, with no divisions or opinion differences within government or the larger society.

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Unitary Actors

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The approach to understanding international politics that focuses on how domestic actors seek to influence states actions and the ways in which foreign policy is made.

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Foreign Policy Approach

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The idea that individuals make decisions through a process that includes clarification of goals , weighing of alternatives and consequences, and selection of optimal course of action.

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Rational Actors

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Focuses on leaders beliefs personalities, and styles, and how individuals and groups process information and make decisions.

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Psychological Approach

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The attitudes that people have regarding their states goals and policies.

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Public Opinion

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the people who attempt to and are knowledgeable about foreign policy issues and international politics.

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Attentive Public

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the underlying beliefs that the public holds and uses to judge foreign policy

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Core Values

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An increase in a leaders popularity following the use of force.

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Rally Round The Flag Effect

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the negative relationship between high levels of troop casualties and public support for a war.

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Body-Bag Syndrome

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An important power that can be used by the U.S. President to speed up the process and decrease congressional influence on key trade legislation.

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Fast-Track Authority

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The final step necessary for a state to approve international agreements

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Ratification

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Network of defense contractors, the military, and government agencies that may work together to promote military spending and other policies from which they benefit.

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Military Industrial Complex

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A freeing up of government revenue to be spent on other programs or returned to taxpayers rather than spending it on the military.

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Peace Dividend

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The idea that political leaders attempt to divert attention away from internal conflict by initiating foreign conflict. Also referred to as the scapegoat hypothesis and the wag the dog effect

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Diversionary Theory

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Dual pressure on leaders whereby international agreements can be forged only when they meet the concerns of both domestic and international audiences

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Two Level Games

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The mission of each bureaucratic agency, which may influence how it views the world and the foreign policies it prefers.

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Organizational Role

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Compromises caused by bureaucratic conflict that are not necessarily in the best interests of a states foreign policy.

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Resultant

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Prearranged responses or routines used frequently by bureaucracies

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Standard operating procedures

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an approach to leaders that traces individuals beliefs back to early childhood experiences

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Psychoanalytic Approach

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The beliefs of political leaders about the nature of political universe and the means for dealing with others in politics.

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Operational Code

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Set of beliefs or perceptions that leaders have about another country regarding its capabilities, motivations, political system, and culture

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Image

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Belief that another country is inherently threatening and immoral

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Enemy Image

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Beliefs that a current situation, event, or leader is very similar to something or someone from the past

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Analogies

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Psychology theories that suggest humans seek out and attend to information that is consistent with the beliefs that they already hold

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Cognitive Consistency theories

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Leaders work habits how they relate to those around them, how they like to receive information and how they make up their minds.

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Leadership Style

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excessive concurrence seeking that can occur in small, highly cohesive groups

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Groupthink

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International wars or conflicts between states

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Interstate Wars

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Internal conflict, or civil wars within states

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Internal Wars

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Concerned with where the focus lies in an explanation: whether it is on components such as individuals or states or on systems such as international structures.

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Levels of Analysis

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Explanation focusing on characteristics of relationships between two states.

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Dyadic Level of analysis

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the idea that when one state enhances its power for security, this leads other states to do the same, thereby undermining security for all.

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Security Dilemma

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Number of independent power centers, or poles, in the international system which can be unipolar, bipolar, or multipolar.

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Polarity

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Term for unipolar system with one predominantly powerful state

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Hegemonic

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Multipolar system in eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe in which states balanced power with fluid alliances.

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Classical Balance of power

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Idea that preeminent power of a hegemon allows it to enforce rules and deters others from initiating conflict.

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Hegemonic stability theory

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Idea that conflict is likely when rising states challenge weakening hegemons.

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Power Transition Theory

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Proposition that democratic states will not war against each other.

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Democratic Peace