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Who is John Mearsheimer and how does he relate to POLS 110? |
-proposed the theory of offensive realism -the interaction between great powers dominated by a rational desire to achieve hegemony -Predicts China will conflict with US -wrote "Back to the Future" |
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Who wrote "Back to the future"? |
John Mearsheimer |
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What are the three levels of analysis? |
1st: The Individual 2nd: States and Societies 3rd: Structure of the System (The world) |
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What are the three types of theorists? |
Explanatory, Normative, Taxonomical |
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Describe an explanatory theorist |
connect causes (indépendant variables) and effects (dependant variables) Ask What happened |
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Describe a normative theorist |
Ask if it was good that it happened (should it have happened?) |
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Describe a taxonomical theorist |
Try to determine how it happened |
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What are the two laws of war? |
Jus as bellum: the legal means of war and right to war (self defence or authorization for the UN) Jus ad bello: Laws of war, how to conduct yourself while fighting and how to treat POW |
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Who is Woodrow Wilson and how does her relate to POLS? |
-Liberal US president -Helped create the League of Nations -Believed collective security was the best way to run IR |
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Explain the Power Transition Theory |
-Created by Robert Gilpin - bipolarity is dangerous -conflict occurs between two states when they become too close in power |
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What is Geopolitics? |
-Approach to politics that emphasizes the impact geography has on power/politics -Climate, Configuration, Access |
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What is the Trubowitz thesis? |
Materials are the key to understanding US policy and you need to get a dominant coalition |
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Describe the Balance of Power |
Automatic: countries keep each other in check without guidance, they have level of awareness that it is in the best interests that no country gets too much power Semi-Automatic: System functions with one country that needs to be alert and jump in if another country gains too much power Manual: States are interested in maximizing their security and need to be attentive to other countries and work to keep the balance of power (most accurate metaphor) |
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Which collective method embraces the balance of power and which method was created to do away with the balance of power? |
Collective security: do away Collective defence: embrace |
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What is ethic nationalism? |
nation defined in terms of ethnicity; sharing a heritage, ancestry, language, faith |
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What is the MAIN thesis and what does it stand for? |
-looking at the origins to WWI M: millenarianism A: alliances I: imperialism N: nationalism |
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What is the power equation? |
Pp= (C+E+M) x (S+W) Pp: perceived power C: critical mass E: economic capacity M: military capability S: strategic revision W: political will & implementations |
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What kind of organization is NATO? |
collective defence |
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Explain Claire Short and her connection to POLS |
-Security sector reform -turn other military (like soviets) into functioning like western ones -Let the citizens run the military |
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What were the 3 countries invited to join NATO at the Madrid summit and what were the other 3 countries that were going to be invited later? |
Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary Slovenia, Slovakia, and Romania |
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What did NATO promote? |
Zone of peace and liberal democracy |
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What is the difference between a state and a nation? |
State: sovereign, self-governing political entity with a permanent population, borders and on official government Nation: group of people bound by a common language, culture, religion, history, or ethnicity |
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Sovereignty is what? |
the authority if a state to self govern itself and protect its own citizens |
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How many countries have nukes? How many of these are in NATO? |
9 countries with nuclear weapons. 3 of these are in NATO (France, US, and UK) |
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List the 5 countries in NATO in which the US is holding nuclear weapons in |
Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Turkey, Germany |
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What is populism? |
politician or political party that claims to represent the common people. tend to fight against institutions or governments. Believe in illiberal democracy |
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Explain Toqueville and his connection to POLS |
- wrote Democracy in America - Predicted the US-SU tension due to their similar interests and conflicting power |
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Paul Kennedy wrote which book? |
The Rise and Decline of Nations -predicted Japan to be the next superpower |
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Fareed Zakaria wrote which book? |
Post American World -predicted the rise of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South America) |
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What are the 2 theories for the cause of WWI? |
German paradigm: Britain-Germany rivalry. German expansion, Germany is to blame. Balkans inception: war was caused out of tension. Instability in the Balkans wasn't n=managed properly and turned smaller wars into a big war |
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What are the two types of power? |
Hard Power and Power as an Influence |
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Who is Kenneth Waltz? |
-wrote "The Man, The State, and War" -the three levels of analysis |
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Briefly explain the levels of looking at sovereignty |
Domestic: when government excersizes its control over its people International: everyone has legal equality and countries of big power cannot infringe on other countries sovereignty |
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What is hegemony? |
dominance by one country over others |
