Potent Potables
This level of analysis examines events in world politics through the lens of leaders and policymakers.
What is THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL?
This persistent feature of the international system is the source for the causes of war at the system level.
What is ANARCHY?
This period between 1947 and 1989 was characterized by intense rivalry and competition between the United States and Soviet Union.
What is the COLD WAR?
This 70-year-old alliance binds the US, Canada, and most of Western Europe.
What is NATO?
This aspect of security refers to the well-being and quality of life of people within a state.
What is HUMAN SECURITY?
This aspect of security concerns issues related to military defense, conflict, and war.
What is NATIONAL SECURITY? (Also accepted: INTERNATIONAL SECURITY)
This is a political-legal unit with people, territory, and authority over what happens within that territory.
What is a STATE?
These two agreements from 1648 created the modern international system.
What are the TREATIES OF WESTPHALIA?
This supranational body is made up of all recognized states in the international system.
What is the UN?
This challenge of international relations refers to the sheer number of actors and interactions in the international system.
What is DIVERSITY?
Think of these as unwritten rules that shape standards of behavior among countries.
What are NORMS?
This characteristic of states in the international system means they have supreme authority over their own people and territory.
What is SOVEREIGNTY?
This military alliance was created by the Soviet Union in response to NATO.
What is the WARSAW PACT?
The European Union is an example of this type of organization, whose membership is restricted to states.
What are IOs?
This is the increasing integration of global society through the spread of technology, foreign trade, cultural exchange, and social connections.
What is GLOBALIZATION?
This term refers to the process through which countries make something into a security issue.
What is SECURITIZATION?
This refers to the mutual connections and reliance between international actors.
What is INTERDEPENDENCE?
This predecessor to the UN failed to contain the outbreak of WWII because it lacked any real enforcement provisions.
What is the LEAGUE OF NATIONS?
Amnesty International, the Red Cross, and Greenpeace are examples of this type of organization.
What are NGO's?
This principle refers to the idea that states are sovereign but also have a duty to prevent human rights abuses from happening to their citizens.
What is RESPONSIBLE SOVEREIGNTY? (Also acceptable: Responsibility to Protect)
This sporting game devised by Jean Jacques Rousseau shows the importance for countries to coordinate to achieve a collective good.
What is THE STAG HUNT?
This phenomenon, drawn from the system-level of analysis, shows how states' actions in pursuit of security can often make them less secure.
What is the SECURITY DILEMMA?
This series of wars is credited with forging many modern European states.
What is the THIRTY YEARS' WAR?
Walmart and Toyota are examples of these companies, which have subsidiaries in multiple countries.
What are MNCs?
In contrast to Westphalian sovereignty, this idea obligates a state to protect its environmental resources.
What is PLANETARY POLITICS?