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Sovereignty
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power in law making and enforcing lies within the state main concept of the Peace of Westphalia mentioned in world politics lecture |
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Anarchy
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shown in the Stag Hunt Example Discussed in Key concepts lecture |
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Nation-State
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the main actor in world politics; primary unit of analysis in the study of international relations they command armies and print money Discussed in the key concepts lecture |
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BRICS States
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These countries banded together post 9/11 because the United States didn't prioritize Latin America anymore Discussed In Chapter 2 |
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Berlin Wall
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Pinned one country against itself Discussed in Geopolitics "Iron Curtain" |
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Liberalism
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States want peace Humans are good government is necessary but not overbearing Kant/Woodrow Wilson Popular post WW1 to prevent another World War |
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Realism
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states act in self interested manner states conduct foreign policy to achieve sovereignty See the world how it really is Machiavelli |
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Protestant Reformation
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caused many religious wars |
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Thirty Years War
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fought over why a state can or cannot choose a state religion final war before Peace of Westphalia |
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Society of States
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an association of soverign states based on their common interests, values and norms
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Sovereign Equality
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all countries have the same rights, including the right of non interference in public affairs |
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Peace of Utrecht |
consolidated the link between sovereign authority and territorial boundaries in Europe |
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National Self-Determination
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the right or desire to become states and to rule themselves learned from the French and American Revolution |
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Concert of Europe
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Lasted until WW1 Aimed to maintain the balance of power and reach decisions on divisive issues ABFPR |
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Congress of Vienna
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created balance of power among states Remained until WW1 |
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WW1
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Industrialization of War Trench Warfare Ended with Treaty Of Versailles |
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Treaty of Versailles |
Established League of Nations Created conditions that lead to WW2 |
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WW2 |
Blitzkreg US brought in after Peral Harbor Holocaust |
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Cold War
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an ideological struggle on how political and economic life should be organizied |
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Bipolar
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Soviet Union and the US were the 2 dominant powers of the world |
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Truman Doctrine |
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3 Traditions of International Relations Theory |
Machiavellian Grotian Kantian |
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4 Crises Facing Political Institutions
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Legitimacy Identity Equity |
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Multination Corportation
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a business or company that employs people from around the world |
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NGO
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an organization with policy goals but not in governmental make up transnational actors |
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Containment
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Global Politics |
the politics of global social relations in which the pursuit of power, interests, order, and justice transcends regions and continents |
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Group of Twenty
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an assembly of 20 of the worlds largest economies |
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Marshal Plan
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a plan to use US aid to help fund hunger, power, desperation, and chaos not the war
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Warsaw Pact
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an agreement of mutual defense and military aid |
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NATO
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North American Treaty Organization, established by treaty after the Cold War |
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Nationalism |
Discussed in Key Concepts lecture Proved in American and French Revolutions and Nazism |
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Treaty of Versailles |
treaty ended WW1 |
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Foreign Policy
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Discussed in Geopolitics lecture policies are examined with the levels of anaylsis |
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Treaty of Westphalia
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peace after the 30 years war Changed wars from wars of religion to wars of power Our current political system is based of this Discussed in International system lecture |
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Perceptions
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reinforces the "mirror image" theory; people perceive themselves similarly |
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geopolitics
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interaction between politics and geography |
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Levels of Analysis |
a method of analyzing foreign policy by breaking down the causes of sources |
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Resource Curse
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the more resources dug up from under a country the slower it will grow and the more likely it is to have a Civil War |
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Globalization |
the process of increasing interconnectedness among societies such that events in one part of the world effect others |