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D: prolonged competition fueled by deep-seated mutual hatred that leads opposed actors to feud over a long peirod of time without resolution of their conflict
R: East West Conflict was an enduring rivalry. USSR and USA had a long war that had no resolution for a long time. |
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D: Convergence between territorial states an dthe psychological identification of people within them. However, not all nation states have a single nationality.
R: On the Power/Capability chart Nation-states have both military and economic power. This is different from IGO's and NGOS. |
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D:a paradigm based on the premise that world politics is essentially and unchangeably a struggle among self interested states for power and position under anarchy, with each competing state pursuing its own national interest.
R:It is on the chart of world politics theories. It is different from liberalism by focus on nation states and the idea of self-reliance. |
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a theoretical account of states' behavior that explains it as determined by differences in their relative power within the global hierarchy, defined primarily by the distribution of military power, instead of by other factors such as their values, types of government, or domestic circumstances.
R: On the chart, it is similar to realism, but differs in its acknowledgment of nuclear weapons and prefers the balance of terror to the balance of power. |
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D:a paradigm predicated on the hope that the application of reason and universal ethics to international relations can lead to a more orderly, just and cooperative world; liberalism assumes that anarchy and war can be policed by institutional reforms that empower international organization and law.
R:The viewpoint contrary to Realism on the Isms chart. Places focus on international cooperation and collective security |
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the new liberal theoretical perspective that accounts for the way internatonal institutions promote global change, cooperation, peace, and prosperity through collective programs for reforms.
R: On the chart as close to liberalism. The differences between the two are that Neolib. now also focuses on promotion of human rights and democratization. Also focuses on democratic peace. |
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D:theory that peace and stability are most likely to be maintained when military power is distributed to prevent a single superpower from controlling the world
R:On the systems chart, balance of power is second in the loose concentration of power. The only systems that has less concentrated power is anarchy. |
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D:a security regime agreed to by the great powers that sets rules for keeping peace, guided by the pricniple that an act of aggression by any state will be met by a collective response from the rest.
R: On the lower right branch of F's diagram. The power in this system is not quite as concentrated as in world hegemony or world government, but it is more than bipolarity. |
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| Intergovernmental Organizations (IGO) |
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institituions created and joined by states' governments which give them authority to make collective decisions to manage particular problems on the global agenda.
R: On F's chart, it is shown that IGOs have little economic power, and limited military power as in the case of the UN. |
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D:transnational organizations of private citizens from two or more countries who have come together to promote their shared interests and ideals. Include single and multipurpose and global and regional. Examples are Amnesty International and terrorist groups.
R:According to F's chart, they have low military power, but categories of NGOs (TNBs) can have significant economic power. |
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| D:Best known global IGO. Includes branches of General Assembly (all countries have 1 rep.), Security Council (major post WWII powers) and International Court of Justice. Can be seen as weak and ineffective by realists, but hailed as a good cause by liberalists. |
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states' granting of political power to minority ethnic groups and indigenous people in particular national regions under the expectation that greater autonomy will curtail the groups' quest for independence as a new state. Can be seen in United Kingdom.
R:Not sure. |
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D: a term used to recognize the native national groups residing in many so called united states who, although often minorities, occupied the state's territory first.
R:Indigenous people who organize in groups are an example of NGOs. For example, the Kurds which can be found in several countries are an example of this. This is a very big part of the N/S conflict since most of these groups are found in the global South. |
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D:thesis that in the twenty-first century the globe's major civilizations will conflict with one another, leading to anarchy and warfare similar to that resulting from conflicts between states over the past five hundred years.
R:The current multipolar system is said to be unstable according to F's charts. This could be a possible support for this theory. |
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a community that embraces shared norms and ethical standards to collectively manage problems without coercion and through peaceful and democratic procedures for decision making aimed at improving human welfare.
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| Threat of Armed Agression |
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D:the threat of combat between the military forces of two or more states or groups.
R: Most wars are a type of armed aggression. |
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| Diversionary Theory of War |
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The theory that leaders of unsolidly established governments involve their countries in wars to distract the citizens from the problems at home. This usually creates national cohesion and approval.
R:Since most North countries no longer have international conflict, this must pertain mostly to the North/South conflict. |
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D:Idea that the US can act unilaterally to achieve its self interests and, also act preemptively in case of a threat.
R:This is exactly the realist train of thought. F's diagram says that a key concept of realism is self interest, which is exactly what this doctrine is based on. |
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D:the theory that was is likely when a dominant great power is threatened by the rapid growth o a rival's capabilities, which reduces the difference in their relative power.
R: Realists would agree with this because the balance of power is to make sure every nation is in balance. Therefore, if there was a new rival nation, the realists would try to form temporary bands to oppose the new country.
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D:the proposition that fighting a major war is costly in terms of lost lives and income, and these costs greatly reduce a country's tolerance for undertaking another war until enough time passes to lose memory of those costs.
R:This is a power cycle theory, meaning that ? |
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D: under a balnce of power system, an influential global or regional great power that throws its support in decisive fashion to a defensive coalition
R: An integral part of the balance of power, Great Britain was one for a long time. It held no permanent alliances, but just shifted its sympathies to keep the balance. |
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D: a quick, first strike military attack in self defense to prevent an aggressor from launching a war of aggression
R:Also a realist idea, done to promote self interest, and to keep the balance of power stable |
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D:the idea that power is concentrated in the hands of one group.
R: On F's diagram, in the top right branch, aka hegemonic power. The power is extremely concentrated. |
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D:the idea that there are two major superpowers who are in opposition to each other. All other countries align themselves to one of the countries. Operates on the basis of mutually assured destruction, considered stable if there are nuclear weapons involved.
R: The basis behind the East/West conflict |
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R:the idea of the human buffer zone, people are employed by the US to patrol specific borders between two opposing sides.
R: UNAMIR forces in Rwanda were sent to shelter the Tutsi from the Hutu. They built a shelter to keep the civilians safe. |
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