IR Theories
This theory views international politics as a struggle for power in an anarchic system.
What is Realism?
This treaty, signed on September 3, 1783, between the American colonies and Great Britain, ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This organization was created after WWII to promote peace and prevent future wars.
What is the United Nations?
This is when the IRC meets for GBM this semester.
What's so special about Mondays 8-9?
The Cold War started this year.
1947
This theory emphasizes cooperation, institutions, and interdependence.
What is Liberalism?
This 1919 treaty ended World War I and placed heavy reparations on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This is an IGO dedicated to public health.
What is WHO?
This is a tradition for IRC on Homecoming weekend.
What is Alumni BBQ!
.....and darty?
Name five Axis Powers in WWII.
Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Finland, Croatia...
Alexander Wendt famously said, “Anarchy is what states make of it,” grounding this IR approach.
What is Constructivism?
In 1972, the U.S. and Soviet Union signed this arms control agreement limiting ballistic missile systems.
What is the ABM Treaty?
This financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., provides loans to developing countries.
What is the World Bank?
What are the specific dates for NCSC LIII?
October 30th - November 2nd
This alliance was formed in 1949 as a collective defense pact against the Soviet Union.
What is NATO?
This strand of realism argues that states seek maximum power rather than just security.
What is Offensive Realism?
The 1994 agreement where North Korea pledged to freeze its nuclear program in exchange for aid.
What is the Agreed Framework?
The WTO replaced this earlier body in 1995.
What is GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade)?
Name all the subboards that are hiring this semester.
DIAS, Chief of Staff, Communications, Outreach, Academic Programming, Special Events.
These uninhabited islands in the East China Sea are administered by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan.
What are the Senkaku Islands?
This theory critiques traditional IR paradigms by highlighting race and colonial legacies.
What is Postcolonial (or Critical) Theory?
This 1992 treaty established the European Union and introduced the euro.
What is the Maastricht Treaty?
This regional organization was founded in 1967 and includes countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines.
What is ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)?
This is the year that the IRC was founded.
1923.
This 1990–1991 conflict was sparked by Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.
What is the Gulf War?