Classical Realism
Structural Realism
Offensive Realism
Study Cases
Wild Card
100
Who are the key thinkers of classical realism?
Morgentheau and Thucydides
100
Who is the thinker behind structural realism?
Waltz
100
Who is the thinker behind Offensive Realism?
Mearsheimer/Machiavelli
100
The cold war is an example of what kind of polarity?
Bipolar
100
What is the capital of Vietnam?
Hanoi
200
According to a classical realist, what is the main cause of conflict?
Human Nature: people want power and to dominate.
200
What is a world with three great powers called?
Tripolar (multipolar)
200
The strongest state in its own part of the world is called what?
A regional hegemon
200
The two Cold War wars where the USA sent its own soldiers to fight directly.
Korea and Vietnam
200
How do birds eat in space?
There are no birds in space...duh!
300
What is the Thucydides Trap? What was an example of this from Greek history?
The idea that a rising power threatens to displace an established power and war becomes more likely. Ancient Athens and Sparta
300
According to Waltz, what is the safest kind of Polarity and why?
Bipolar; the two powers watch each other closely and balance/check each other.
300
Why does Offensive Realism say that no state can rule the whole world?
Stopping power of water: Oceans make moving large armies hard.
300
What was the Monroe Doctrine and what was it an example of?
In 1823, the USA told European powers to stay out of the Americas. It is an example of the US becoming a regional hegemony.
300
What is the only major river in the world that flows from south to north?
Nile River
400
According to classical realism, how much power is enough?
There is never enough
400
Explain the security dilemma
One state builds up its army to feel safe, which makes its neighbor feel unsafe, so the neighbor builds up too.
400
What is the main cause of conflict in Offensive realism? How much power is enough?
Lack of certainty, it's never enough.
400
In the Cuban Missile Crisis, the USA secretly agreed to remove what from where. Explain how they show the security dilemma.
US missiles in Turkey. They made the USSR feel unsafe, so it put missiles in Cuba, which made the USA feel unsafe
400
The famous dish Peikin Duck is originally from what province?
Jiangsu (Nanjing)
500
Name of three levels of analysis that there are in classical realism.
Individual (person), State (countries), system (world state).
500
According to Waltz, why states seek power and how much is enough
Because of anarchy, each state must protect itself. Enough to be safe; too much makes others join against you
500
What is Buck-Passing?
Letting other states do the fighting against a rival while you save your strength, as the USA did before 1917 and 1941.
500
In how many of Graham Allison’s 16 cases did a rising power and a ruling power go to war? Name one case without war.
12. No war: the USA and USSR in the Cold War;
500
What is the average life of a mayfly?
24 hours