Foreign Policy and Motives
This motive explains why countries join alliances like NATO.
✅ What is security?
Internationalists generally believe humanity shares this type of responsibility for global challenges.
✅ What is collective responsibility?
This organization led the campaign to eradicate smallpox.
✅ What is the WHO?
Peacekeepers are expected to remain this during conflicts.
✅ What is neutral?
The increased exchange of goods, services, and technology around the world is called this.
✅ What is globalization?
A country sending aid to disaster victims in another nation is motivated primarily by this.
✅ What is humanitarianism?
This phrase describes the idea that people should view problems from an international perspective rather than only a national one.
✅ What is thinking globally?
This branch of the UN allows every member nation one vote.
✅ What is the General Assembly?
Using military force only in self-defense is one principle of this international activity.
✅ What is peacekeeping?
A country whose exports exceed imports has this.
✅ What is a trade surplus?
This motive for international involvement focuses on protecting trade, markets, and financial stability.
✅ What is economic stability?
John Donne’s quote “No man is an island” supports this broader worldview.
✅ What is internationalism/global citizenship?
This UN body is criticized because only five countries possess veto power.
✅ What is the Security Council?
This idea explains why some countries oppose humanitarian intervention within another nation’s borders.
✅ What is protection of sovereignty?
The expansion of global trade and technology exchange is evidence of this trend.
✅ What is increasing interdependence?
A nation refusing UN intervention because it wants full control over domestic affairs is defending this principle.
✅ What is sovereignty?
The belief that people’s shared interests are more important than their differences reflects this core internationalist principle.
✅ What is common humanity/shared humanity?
This organization attempts to preserve cultural sites and promote a common human heritage.
✅ What is UNESCO?
This term describes countries working together to respond to threats against peace.
✅ What is collective security?
Human rights activists argue globalization can lead to this problem in developing nations.
✅ What is worker/labor exploitation?
This conflict occurs when a country’s national interests clash with international responsibilities.
✅ What is nationalism vs internationalism?
This concept suggests that events such as war, poverty, disease, or environmental disasters in one region can affect the entire world community.
✅ What is global interdependence?
This criticism of the Security Council argues that the structure of the UN does not treat all nations equally.
✅ What is permanent-member veto power?
This major debate asks whether international organizations should intervene when governments violate the rights of their own citizens.
✅ What is humanitarian intervention vs sovereignty?
This criticism of globalization argues that multinational corporations often gain too much influence over weaker economies.
✅ What is economic exploitation/dependence?