IR
Levels of analysis
Theories & Power
Intentional Actors
Conflicts
100

In the prisoner’s dilemma, what is the best for both players?

Both cooperate/mutual benefit

100

Which level of analysis studies particular world leaders?

Individual

100

Which type of power comes from military strength and economic capacity?

Hard

100

What international organization was founded in 1945 to maintain peace and security?

United Nations

100

A war fought within the borders of a single country is called a

Civil

200

What principle of international relations is illustrated when states fail to cooperate because they fear betrayal?

Reciprocity

200

The study of political parties, government institutions, and domestic opinion belongs to which level of analysis?

State level

200

Which type of power comes from culture, values, and influence rather than force?

Soft

200

NATO was founded in 1949 primarily as a defense alliance against which country?

Soviet Union

200

What kind of warfare is based on small, mobile groups using ambushes and hit-and-run tactics?

Guerrilla

300

In international relations, the prisoner’s dilemma is most often used to explain problems of what?

Collective goods/cooperation

300

Which level of analysis focuses on the international system as a whole, including power distribution?

System (global)

300

Which theory of international relations argues that states act mainly in self-interest under anarchy?

Realism

300

What type of organization holds authority above states?

Supranational

300

Which type of war seeks control of the entire international order?

Hegemonic

400

What studied the interaction between states before international relations?

Diplomacy

400

Scholars who argue that domestic regime type, such as democracy or authoritarianism, affects foreign policy are working at which level of analysis?

State

400

Which theory stresses cooperation, international institutions, and the possibility of progress?

Idealism

400

Which organization oversees global trade rules and settles trade disputes?

WTO

400

World War II is the most cited example of what type of war, involving full mobilization of society and economy?

Total

500

In international relations, what term describes the absence of a central authority or world government?

Anarchy

500

Which level of analysis is emphasized by realists when they speak of “anarchy” and the balance of power?

System (global)

500

The claim that “anarchy is what states make of it” is a hallmark of which theory?

Constructivism

500
How is called the level of integration achieved by EU?

Economic and monetary union

500

The Russia–Ukraine war since 2022 is often described as a mix of what two types of war?

Limited and territorial war

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