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26 Cards in this Set
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How is Security defined before and after the Cold War?
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Cold War Period- Military Terms
Post Cold War Period- Human and Environment Terms |
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Define Military Power
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Factor of power relating to size and organization of a country's armed forces.
Also quality and quantity of weaponry. |
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Definition of Security for a State
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Condition in which the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a state is guaranteed.
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True or false.. There is no difference between Offensive and Defensive weaponry.
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FALSE.
There is a difference |
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What is the problem with the advances in weaponry that have been made?
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Potential for greater and quicker destruction.
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What are the two types of weapons?
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WMD- Weapons of Mass Destruction
SALW- Small Arms and Light Weapons |
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What is meant when "the Security Dilemma" is discussed in the context of the arms race?
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Making yourself more secure might actually harm your security in the end.
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Hard Power vs. Soft Power
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Hard Power means traditional military power.
Soft Power refers to the state's ability to attract allies through its policies and underlying values. |
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Define Deterrence
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Preventing war by discouraging a potential attacker.
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What is the main goal of Deterrence- how would you aim to make potential attackers feel?
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Convince potential attackers that the risks associated with attacking far outweigh the benefits.
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When was the fear of nuclear exchange between superpowers a more legitimate threat?
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During the Cold War
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True or False
The threat of nuclear warfare is now absent in our present times. |
FALSE
The spread of weapons as well as the know-how means that many nations still possess nuclear weaponry. |
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Horizontal and Vertical Proliferation
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Horizontal Proliferation is the spread of nuclear weaponry to states that do not possess nukes.
Vertical Proliferation is the increased production of nuclear weapons by states that already previously had them. |
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MAD and NUTS
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Mutually Assured Destruction- More prominent during the cold war.
Nuclear Use Target Selection- A factor today |
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What is the NPT?
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The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, signed in 1968. Signed by most nuclear powers.
Meant that nuclear powers would not spread their weaponry to other countries, as well as reduce their own stockpile. |
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When was the NPT indefinitely renewed?
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1995
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What are some problems with the NPT?
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- States can just bail
- States can hide their shit - Growing anger at nuclear powers |
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True or false
Nuclear states have kept their weaponry since the conclusion of the Cold War |
TRUE
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What factors keep nuclear weapons from being produced despite how easy it is to acquire the know-how?
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Expensive, time-consuming and labor-intensive
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How many nuclear warheads existed during the Cold War?
Today? |
70,000 during the Cold War
31,055 today |
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What are the advantages of non-nuclear WMDs?
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Kills everyone, leaves infrastructure.
Includes dirty bombs, biological warfare, chemical warfare. |
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Why are SALW's a bigger problem then nukes?
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Logically, Nukes cannot be used due to MAD and what not.
Therefore SALWs pose a bigger logistical problem. |
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Where in the world are the biggest weapon producers and dealers located?
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Western States
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During the Cold War, who did Superpowers sell weapons to, and why?
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To their proxy states.
It was justified as being geo-strategic and politically necessary. |
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Due to the perceived inevitability of war during the Cold War, what did both sides do with their weapons?
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STOCKPILE. Save that shit for a battle, since it WILL happen
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What did former Russian states do with their weapons at the conclusion of the Cold War?
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Sold all of their weapons off. Resulted in continuing production as well as the rise of new players.
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