Political Science: International Relations flashcards

Question 1

What term names a world order built around two states of similar strength, each unwilling to attack the other?

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bipolar system

Question 2

What term names a cooperation agreement among several countries to provide military power for all of them?

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collective security

Question 3

Which international relations theory says expected patterns of behavior among states hold the system together?

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constructivism

Question 4

What are countries with developed economies and stable political and social systems called in the core-periphery model?

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core countries

Question 5

Which theory argues that the ranking of countries in the international system rests on a split between core and periphery countries?

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dependency theory

Question 6

What is government-issued physical money called when its value is not tied to a commodity such as gold?

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fiat currency

Question 7

What term names a way of understanding a political actor's motives through the steps taken toward the outcome it judges best for itself?

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game theory

Question 8

Which branch of liberalism treats international institutions that states join as essential to the system's functioning?

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institutionalism

Question 9

What are institutions made up of multiple states, working under a set of rules to address shared problems, called?

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intergovernmental organizations

Question 10

What subfield of political science studies how different states interact with one another?

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international relations

Question 11

What term names a world order with three or more states of fairly similar power?

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multipolar system

Question 12

What term names a shared group identity drawn from a common culture or ethnicity?

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nation

Question 13

Which offshoot of realism holds that the structure of the system, not the people in states, drives the system?

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neorealism

Question 14

What are non-state actors that tackle problems or fill policy gaps that states cannot or will not handle called?

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Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)

Question 15

Which theory holds that conflict between states results from the overt actions states take to grow and project their power?

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offensive realism

Question 16

In international relations, what term names a state's capacity to bring about the result it prefers in a situation?

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Power

Question 17

What are conflicts called in which each warring party is backed and funded by a larger party with a stake in the outcome?

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proxy wars

Question 18

Which international relations theory holds that states pursue policy go-it-alone, aiming solely at their own safety and security?

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realism

Question 19

What term names a situation where a state's safety-related policy changes look aggressive to others and may prompt preemptive action that raises tensions?

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security dilemma

Question 20

What term names an agreement among several states to support each other if one is attacked militarily?

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security pact

Question 21

What term names friendly interactions meant to win other states over rather than force their compliance?

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soft power

Question 22

What term names a state's freedom to operate its institutions without outside interference, while meeting threats as they emerge?

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sovereignty

Question 23

What term names an international environment where a single country has the political, economic and military strength to impose its preferences on all others?

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unipolar system

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