Power
The factor that explains who gets what, when and how
What is power
____ Can be either individuals or groups of people with common interests.
What is Actors
Actions to ensure security are perceived as threats to other states
What is security dilemma
An imagined community with a common national identity such as unified language, culture, and identity. Flags are a symbol of a ____
What is Nation
"what actors want to achieve through political action”
Ex interest of leaders, companies, NGOs
What is Interests
To persuade other actors to do or not to take certain actions.
Bonus points for an example
What is Soft power
_____ are established by states, states are members, can be global or regional membership
What is International organizations
States nearly always make decisions under the condition of incomplete information about other states true power and resolve. States in bargaining situations often operate under this condition
What is Incomplete Information
Lack of a governing authority in the global system - no world government to enforce rules
What is anarchy
The ways in which two or more actors’ choices combine to produce political outcomes.
Bonus: Name the two categories
What is Interactions
Hard power is tangible and material factors (military, economic)
What is hard power
Members are primarily composed of individuals and promote particular causes
What is International Non-governmental Organizations
Formal political associations between two or more parties, made in order to advance common goals and to secure common interests.
Bonus Name two types
What is Alliance
States have ultimate authority within their territorial boundaries, free from outside interference. States have legal and political supremacy/ultimate authority within their territorial boundaries.
What is Sovereignty
____ define the “rules of the game” (procedures, rules, standards). Some are more powerful than others.
EX: Internation Organizations, International Laws “Law of the Sea Treaty”
What is Institutions
Absolute power is a quantifiable amount of power.
Ex What is the estimated global nuclear warhead in the US in 2022?
What is Absolute power
Private, for profit organizations operating in more than one country
What is Multi-national corporations
An alliance between military leaders and the industries that benefit form international conflict, such as arms manufacturers.
What is Military Industrial Complex
Governments vs Rebel Groups and governments vs terrorist groups. Groups of individuals willing to use violence to further their interests
What is civil war
_____ makes at least one actor better off relative to the status quo without making others worse off. _____ may also harm actors who are not involved.
What is Cooperation?
A comparison of how much power you have with someone else; where you stand compared to others
What is Relative power
a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government:
What is State
Being dragged into an unwanted war because of the actions of an ally
Both sides want something that cannot be easily divided or shared.
What is indivisible goods
When Actors decide how to divide something of value. Increasing one actors share decreases the share available to others, such as territory
What is bargaining