Overview of IR
What are the four aspects of a State
Defined territory
Defined population
Government
Sovereignty
According to Vice Provost Edelstein and Professor Arend, these three categories encompass all instruments of foreign policy
military, economic, and diplomacy
After what event did the united states see the most rapid gain in employment to the state department (more specifically to her intelligence branches)
The attacks on the twin towers in NYC on 9/11
What, according to Professor Arend, are the three sources of Ethics
Religion
Natural Law
Convention (social contract)
This type of terrorism is rooted in Marxist-Lenninist ideology and most actors take inspiration from the Vietnam War
Social Revolutionary or Left Wing Terrorism
This state structure theory of IR claims the world is defined by multiple strong states (who shape the IR system) pulling weaker states into alliances with them, with some states in the system not allying with any of the “stronger states.”
Diffuse Block System
What is the triangular battle between Russia, China, and the US over who can exert the most global influence?
The Great Power Competition
What agency helps with disaster relief, poverty relief, cooperation and socioeconomic development
USAID (US Agency on International Development)
This philosophical framework views the state of nature as anarchical chaos and that states are primary actors in the international system, looking out for their own self interests but also believes that international, institutional organizations have the ability to influence and change states behavior.
Neoliberal Institutionalism
Gun style and implosion style are the two builds for what type of nuclear bomb?
Fission bomb or atom bomb
While philosophical goals, security goals, economic goals, and humanitarian goals are often motivators of states in the international system, what does Professor Arend claim is the ultimate goal of every state? (hint: To accumulate…)
Power
This governing body AND law lay out sea territory and rights. It defines the specific nautical miles a state has territorial claim, resource claim, and military claim over, as well as where international waters lie.
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or Law of the Sea Treaty
The CIA’s policy to (typically) inform in-field operatives of potential attacks on them – whether the in-field operatives are working for the CIA or are working for any peacekeeping organization
“Duty to Warn”
What was the Bretton Woods conference of 1944
International conference where the gold standard was internationally adopted and the international bank system was created. It marked the most widespread international economic conference and forever changed international trade and financing.
What type of terror is most common in the USA (hint: its homegrown) and what is the typical profile of the terrorists
Right Wing Terror and (young) White Men
Name at least one member of the UN who does not, technically, have sovereignty
Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau
In what region, contested between China and the Philippines, did the UN Court rule in favor of the Philippines right to defend?
Second Thomas Shoal
Who established the National Security Council, when (approx.), and why?
Truman, 1947 (or - post WWII, or - pre Cold War), to staff the president and ensure American intelligence is well developed and “all-american” sourced (grow our intelligence power).
Why was Salim Hamdam’s conviction overturned by the US Supreme Court?
The court system declared it illegal under international law to prosecute Hamdam in an american military tribunal for the crime or terrorism as
1. only war crimes are prosecuted by international law and
2. he was given unfair representation (american military court, american military jury, american prosecutor, and american military defender)
Name at least 3 of the 4 effects of Nuclear Weapon use
Fallout
Blast
Fire
Electromagnetic pulse
There are 6 steps a state can take to encourage or force another state to comply with their wish (the methods of interaction). What are those 6 steps?
Persuasion
Offer rewards
Grant rewards
Threaten punishment
Inflict non violent punishment
Inflict violent punishment
What are Vice Provost Edelstein’s 4 C’s of Coercion (or - what are the 4 defining characteristics of a credible threat to use force)
Capability, credibility, communication, and calculation
What is the EIB and what is its purpose?
Economic Intelligence Briefing for POTUS to keep them up to date on economic issues or changes around the globe, and how they relate to global intelligence issues.
Name at least 3 ways in which International Law is enforced (hint: “The UN” is not an answer → but some divisions within the UN are)
UN Security Council
International Tribunals (ICJ and ICC)
Reciprocal Enforcement
Domestic Enforcement
Unilateral Actions in the field
What does first strike nuclear doctrine refer to?
“Use them rather than lose them,” or the decree that a state will use up their arsenal to destroy yours either
If they have a credible belief you will attack or
Immediately following any attack on that state