Concepts
Significance
Authors and arguments
Theory
Marine Life
100
Neither a member of State armed forces,
nor a member of an organized armed group with a
continuous combat function, nor a participant in a
levée en masse.
What is a civilian?
100
This concept is significant, becuase it shows that actors with more resources are not always more capable
What is "net resources?"
100
This author argues that as wars become more intenses, the likelihood of negotiations as an effort to provide a lull in the fighting increases
Who is Ghosn?
100
Counterinsurgent strategy emphasizes this, as opposed to enemy-centril warfare
What is "population centric?"
100
While the giant squid holds the record for being the largest squid in terms of length, this animal is believed to hold the record for the largest squid species in terms of mass
What is the Colossal squid?
200
“a practical plan to use military, economic, and diplomatic means to achieve political ends over time”
What is Betts's (2021) definition of grand strategy?
200
This concept is significant, because it demonstrates that double effect alone is not a sufficient moral justification for harm against non-combatants
What is ''double intention?"
200
This author argues that ethnic groups in the military are subjected prewar discrimination negatively impacts a belligerent's wartime performance
Who is Lyall?
200
While prior scholars have argued capacity is key to winning wars, Biddle argues it is a state's ability to implement this that wins wars after WWI
What is the "modern system?"
200
These are the five salmon species in the Puget Sound
300
This concept suggests that soldiers are "human instruments" to competing "political entities"
What is the "moral equality of soldiers?"
300
This concept is significant because it permits 'incidental' harm to civilians in relation to a direct military advantage being gained
What is "proportionality?"
300
This author argues that mass killings are more likely during guerilla wars where the insurgents constitute a greater military threat to the regime
Who is Valentino?
300
Battles and engagements might fall under this level of warfare
What is the "tactical level?"
300
Unlike Sea Lions, "True Seals" can be easily identified by lacking these
What are external ear flaps?
400
Scholars have relied on this measure to calculate national power, and it is an index of various measures, including iron and steel production
What are "CINC" scores?
400
This concept is significant because it demonstrates that civilians are not just 'rational peasants,' and that identity plays a critical role in shaping how people respond to violence
What is "home team discount?"
400
These authors argue that formal dispute resolutions provide greater domestic cover than bilateral negotiations
Who are Huth et al?
400
McMahan's argument is built off this type of reasoning, while Walzer's is built off another
What is Deductive Reasoning (McMahan)/Inductive Reasoning (Walzer)
400
These frequent visitors to the Puget Sound are believed to have the longest annual migration of all mammals
What are Gray Whales?
500
The legal notion that a boundary line should lie in the center of the main navigable channel of the river
What is the "thelwig?"
500
This concept is significant because it help leaders overcome distribution problems by providing them with a way for leaders to “coordinate their expectations” and helps make negotiations more productive by limiting the ability of a state with weak legal claims to persist in misrepresenting the strength of its bargaining position in negotiations over a possible settlement.
What are "focal points?"
500
This author argues that territorial control shapes the type of violence belligerents wield against civilians
Who is Kalyvas (2006)?
500
Fortna argues against a realist critique, arguing that peace agreements are this
What is "epiphenomenal?"
500
This animal is the closest living relative of animals in the of the Order Sirenia, which includes Manatees and Dugong
What are elephants? 