A situation in which a good, commodity, resource, or utility is constant so that one entity's gain necessitates others' loss since the good must be redistributed because it cannot be expanded
What is zero-sum
100
A superior-inferior relationship in which one state controls the people and territory of another area
What is Imperialism
100
A policy by which a nation maintains or extends its control over foreign dependencies
What is colonialism (imperialism is also acceptable here)
100
Lacking a legitimate hierarchical structure
What is Anarchy
200
Global actors working together to achieve mutual benefits
What is cooperation
200
Reliance on one's own capabilities because there is no higher authority to which to appeal
What is self-help
200
A home country in relation to its colonies
What is a Metropole
200
The 1648 treaty that ended the Thirty Years War and marked the beginning of the modern international system by legitimizing the state as the ultimate sovereign authority over people and geographic territory
What is Peace of Westphalia
200
An international norm, law, agreement, treaty, group, or organization formed around a common interest or region
What is an Institution (Regime is also acceptable here)
300
Increasing general connectivity and interdependence globally
What is globalization
300
Exclusive political authority over a defined territory and the people within it
What is sovereignty
300
States whose governments no longer wield control over their territory or no longer have a monopoly on the use of power
What are failed states
300
A special consultation used by the great powers of Europe after the Napoleonic Wars. A great power could initiate international conferences when it believed that the security and peace of Europe were compromised
What is Concert of Europe
300
Symbiosis; a relationship of dependence between two or more entities in which changes in one entity affect the other entities
What is interdependence
400
Adherence to or embracing of regional and even local political authority, economic development, social and cultural associations, ethnic or national divisions, and so on
What is Fragmentation
400
An international structure dominated by several great powers
What is multipolar
400
Discord occurring within the borders of a single state
What is intrastate conflict
400
A region influenced by one great power
What is sphere of influence
400
A level of analysis that claims cooperation at the international level is possible when states have mutual interests and can overcome the security dilemma through the establishment of institutions that allow for increased communication, transparency, oversight, and confidence
What is systemic level of analysis
500
The state of being comprised of two opposing powers
What is bipolarity
500
The few states in the international system whose outstanding economic and military power set them qualitatively apart from the next tier of states
What is Great Powers
500
Immigrants seize land from the indigenous population and become the dominant population
What is settler colonialism
500
A doctrine promoted by the far right seeking an authoritarian society built around the rule of an elite led by a dictator or supreme leader