America in IR
Kissinger sees him as the original American realist
Theodore Roosevelt
Mao Zedong
This theory assumes that relations among states are determined primarily by coercion and consent. Leaders respond to military, economic, and diplomatic forces. And states behave based on the rational and logical pursuit of goals.
Realism
When there is a clear benefit to working together toward a group goal, but people also have an incentive to work toward an individual goal that will undermine the group goal, this is known as a
Prisoner's Dilemma
This country--surrounded by Benin, Niger, and Cameroon--has the highest population in Africa.
Nigeria
Kissinger sees him as the key American Liberal (idealist)
Woodrow Wilson
In this war, Communist forces (encouraged by the Soviet Union) attacked their former compatriots to the south, only to be beaten back UN backed forces led by the United States. After UN forces advanced to the Yalu River, China surprised them with a counterattack over roughly 700,000 men. This led the UN forces to retreat to the original dividing line between Soviet and American forces at the end of WW2.
Korean War
Under this approach to International Relations, states react based on coercion and consent--yet Institutions with rules and norms, as well as actors with specific roles, affect the context in which states interact. This extends the time horizon of their interaction and increases the value of reputation.
Institutionalism
The classic solution to dealing with some workers who won't join a strike and instead go to work (and are known as "scabs")
force / violence
This country--surrounded by Libya, Sudan, and Israel--was a Cold War ally of the Soviet Union until President Anwar Sadat worked with President Richard Nixon to expel 20,000 Soviet technicians and soldiers and reopen the Suez Canal.
Egypt
U.S. foreign policy from 1776-1941 (entry into WW2) is considered to have largely been a form of _____ism.
Isolationism
After Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev started a massive series of reforms, Chinese students began to rise up and demand their own rights until the Chinese government cracked down on those protesting in this "square" with assault rifles and tanks, leading to what is known as the _____ Square
Tiananmen Square Massacre
Under this theory, individuals and private actors are the primary actors in international relations. Their values matter. So liberal democracies pursue different goals than selfish dictators (such as human rights as opposed to individual power and wealth).
Liberalism
When there is a group goal people agree on, but the goal will still be accomplished if some people don't contribute, so many people are likely to choose not to contribute, this is known as a _____ problem.
Free Rider problem
This country--the home of ancient Carthage--is flanked by Algeria to the west and Libya to the east. The Arab Spring started here.
Tunisia
The first major intergovernmental organization designed to provide collective security, it established a mandatory cooling off period and attempt at a diplomatic solution before opposing sides could engage in hostilities.
League of Nations
A planned series a farming and industrial reforms that were supposed to move the country dramatically forward, but instead led to 18-55 million deaths.
Great Leap Forward
This theory understands the core concepts of international relations to be "socially constructed." So whether someone is a terrorist or a freedom fighter will depend on the meaning a particular society attributes his actions.
Constructivism
When there is a common resource that people have free access to, but if too many people use it, it will be ruined, this is called a _____ of the _____.
Tragedy of the Commons
This country--between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo--underwent a genocide in 1994 when the majority Hutus killed between 500,000 and 1 million Tutsis. It is also bordered by Uganda to the north and Burundi to the south.
The genocide is retold in the movie Hotel _____.
Rwanda
This addition to the Monroe Doctrine stated that the U.S. has a right to intervene in affairs in the Western Hemisphere in other countries domestic affairs in cases of "extreme wrongdoing or impotence"
Roosevelt Corollary
This unrest was intentionally caused by Mao Zedong, in order to prevent ossification of the Chinese people and keep the revolutionary spirit alive. As a result, millions of people were persecuted and suffered a wide range of abuses including public humiliation, arbitrary imprisonment, torture, hard labor, sustained harassment, seizure of property and sometimes execution. Gov't officials were forced to return to the countryside and farm. An end was called when it appeared it might lead to a full scale civil war.
Both of these IR theories would see an important role for the International Criminal Court to enforce values of human rights & dignity.
Liberalism
and
Constructivism
The major solutions to a Tragedy of the Commons are:
-government regulation
-creating a link between individuals' interest and the preservation of the group good
and
-_____
Privatization
This landlocked country--bordered by Mozambique and South Africa--was known as Swaziland until April 2018.
Eswatini