Pos 120 Midterm

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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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The absence of central rule

shown in the Stag Hunt Example

Discussed in Key concepts lecture

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Nation-State

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a political community in which the state claims legitimacy on the grounds that it represents all citizens

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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Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa alliance

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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wall that separated East and West Berlin because Berlin was the main goal of the Cold War

Pinned one country against itself

Discussed in Geopolitics

"Iron Curtain"

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Liberalism

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Also known as Idealism

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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system is anarchic

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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social and political movement of 1517 in reaction to the widespread perception that the Catholic Church was corrupt

caused many religious wars

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Thirty Years War

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the last war fought over religion

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

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ended Spanish Succession

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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redrew the map of Europe after Napoleonic Wars

created balance of power among states

Remained until WW1

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WW1

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1914-1918

Industrialization of War

Trench Warfare

Ended with Treaty Of Versailles

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Treaty of Versailles

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Ended WW1

Established League of Nations

Created conditions that lead to WW2

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WW2

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caused by the rise of fascist parties in Germany and Italy

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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an international political order in which 2 states dominate all others

Soviet Union and the US were the 2 dominant powers of the world

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Truman Doctrine

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statement made by Harry Truman

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3 Traditions of International Relations Theory

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Machiavellian

Grotian

Kantian

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4 Crises Facing Political Institutions

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Efficiency

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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American political strategy for resisting perceived Soviet expansion

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Global Politics

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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

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spirit of belonging together based on a common historical and linguistic ties

Discussed in Key Concepts lecture

Proved in American and French Revolutions and Nazism

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Treaty of Versailles

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treaty ended WW1

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Foreign Policy

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the way a state behaves in its external relations with others

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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how we see the world; how actors see the world influences how they act

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

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Individual, State, System

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

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the process of increasing interconnectedness among societies such that events in one part of the world effect others