Material Power
This theory of realism argues that states seek just enough power to maintain the status quo.
Defensive realism
This theory of liberalism argues that trade enhances cooperation because trade increases the opportunity cost of conflict
Economic Interdependence Theory
These are the two types of anarchy according to constructivism
anarchy of friends vs anarchy of enemies
Provide one reason why states may make sub-optimal foreign policy choices.
1) Organizational Process Model 2) Bureaucratic Politics Model 3) Bounded rationality of individuals
The military is often biased to offensive strategies for these reasons
1) Oversocialization to threats 2) Offensive strategies are easier to structure for big bureaucracies 3) Offensive strategies enhance the prestige, resources, and autonomy of the military
This system is the most unstable in terms of potential for conflict
Unbalanced Multipolarity
The United Nations is an example of this that enhances cooperation in the system
Institution (rules)
According to this taboo, states choose not to use nuclear weapons because it is morally unacceptable to do so.
Nuclear taboo
True or False: States always make rational decisions.
False.
_____ explains why preventive war is often unsuccessful.
Preventive war paradox
According to a neorealist, the ____ of the system is what determines state behavior.
structure
Why is a pair of democracies unlikely to go to war with one another?
Structural-Institutional Logic and the Cultural-Normative Logic
This is a standard of appropriate behavior for states to follow
A norm
In this conceptual model, individual bureaucrats make foreign policy decisions through bargaining games. What is an example of this in action?
Bureaucratic Politics Model
In the bargaining model of war, these are the three reasons a state may choose to fight, even though fighting is costly.
1) Disagreement over outcomes of war 2) Inability to commit not to fight in the future due to a first-strike advantage or power shift 3) Issue indivisibility
According to this theory, states decide to balance based on four components of threat rather than power alone.
Balance of Threat
The trade expectations theory looks at this variable to determine the likelihood of conflict
Future trade
This term describes an identity based on phenotypical (observable) characteristics
Race
What are two of the four personality traits that increase the potential for conflict?
Risk-taking, delusional, grandiose visions, unpredictable
Define nationalism and explain how states activate or employ it in their states.
A group too large to meet that shares the same purported culture and history; states can "create" nationalism through literacy and ideology
In this world, states have the offensive advantage and low distinguishability. Leaders prior to WWI thought they were in this world.
Doubly Dangerous
When all states in the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) follow the nuclear safety standards on the basis that others will follow the same rules, this is an example of ____.
facilitating reciprocity
This body of work considers how institutions might be "gendered" in their social construction and that will affect their behavior in the international system
Feminist IR Theory
In this ethical framework, states disregard order and pursue justice for individuals.
Cosmopolitan
This document describes the competing ideologies between the US and the USSR during the Cold War.
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