Intl System
In theory, this is the desired endstate of all states within the international system, and comes in three major forms: international, human, and economic.
Security
(Daily Double) This basic unit of analysis within the international system is defined by recognized borders, a distinct population, and a sovereign government.
A State
This instrument of national power is composed of three critical steps: perceive; inform; manipulate.
Information
This IR theory emphasizes the importance of gender and its role in state power and decisions regarding conflict.
This concept refers to the post-WWII period in which the U.S. and other western powers served as regional and global hegemons and is built around six key pillars.
Liberal World Order
This enduring characteristic of the international system refers to the lack of a supranational authority to ensure states behave in a certain way.
Anarchy
This major concept emerged from the Treaty of Westphalia and ensures states will be relatively free from action by other states in regard to internal matters of governance.
Sovereignty
This decision-making construct enables policymakers to gauge the appropriate instrument of national power based on the particular circumstances they face.
Escalation Ladder
This liberal security strategy is influenced and shaped by key factors such as custom & precedent.
(Daily Double) Within Hegemonic Theory, this is the name given to the rising or emerging hegemon that will inevitably clash with the ruling hegemon due to fundamental differences of ideology.
Antithesis (or Antithesis State)
This type of security emphasizes quality of life factors like food, water, shelter, and healthcare.
Human Security
This actor within the international system constitutes both a liberal security strategy AND a significant actor within the Neo-Westphalian system.
International Organizations
This type of diplomacy involves multi-lateral negotiations between and among heads of state.
Summits OR Summit Meetings
(Daily Double) This concept is the one of the key philosophical underpinnings of Liberalism and asserts that it can serve as substitute for a supranational authority in order to promote consistent behavior among states.
Norms
This economic concept, which also has applications in international relations, asserts that common goods or services will inevitably be depleted since all parties benefit from their use, but no one party is responsible for their sustainment.
Tragedy of the Commons
(Daily Double) This enduring characteristic of the international system emphasizes non-linear relationships among states and the unpredictable consequences of state actions.
Complexity
These types of actors are particularly relevant to Constructivism and derive no official authority from sovereign governments in order to accomplish their purpose.
Non-State Actors
This type of aid is specifically targeted toward infrastructure improvements, including roads, bridges, dams, and hospitals.
Development Aid
This derivative IR theory stratifies states among core, peripheral, and semi-peripheral states and posits that conflict largely occurs when states attempt to break out of their strata.
World Systems Theory
This political philosopher is most often credited as the "Father of Realism" due to many of the ideas contained in his landmark work, "The Leviathan".
Thomas Hobbes
This enduring characteristic of the international system emphasizes the different ways in which states perceive security issues arising from history, culture, religion, and geography.
Diversity
This type of actor is the key actor within Constructivism and enables the norm cycle to spread through each of its three phases.
Transnational Advocacy Networks (TANs)
(Daily Double) These are the two types of military aid that can be offered under the economic instrument of power.
Training & Equipment
This alliance strategy of Realism emphasizes purposeful alignment with regional or global hegemons in order to avoid destruction or military defeat.
Bandwagoning
This actor within the international system initiates the norms cycle and is typically a substate, non-state, or non-governmental actor.
Norm Entrepreneur