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Chris Meyer

chapter 3 terms

Question: An approach that stresses the importance of international institutions in reducing the inherent conflict that realists assume in an international system; the reasoning is based on the core liberal idea that seeking long-term mutual gains is often more rational than maximizing individual short-term gains
Answer:
neoliberal

Question: A set of rules, norms, and procedures around which the expectations of actors converge in a certain international issue area (such as oceans or monetary policy). (67)
Answer: international regime

Question: The formation of a broad alliance of most major actors in an international system for the purpose of jointly opposing aggression by any actor; sometimes seen as presupposing the existence of a universal organization (such as the United Nations) to which both the aggressor and its opponents belong.
Answer: Collective Security

Question: Refers to polls showing women lower than men on average in their support for military actions (as well as for various other issues and candidates
Answer: gender gap

Question: An approach that denies the existence of a single fixed reality, and pays special attention to texts and to discourses -- that is, to how people talk and write about a subject.
Answer: Post Modernism

Chapter 2 Terms

Question: A situation modeled by game theory in which rational actors pursuing their individual interests all achieve worse outcomes than they would have by working together. (58)
Answer: Prisoner’s Dilemma (PD)

Question: A calculation of the costs incurred by a possible action and the benefits it is likely to bring. (57)
Answer: cost-benefit analysis

Question: The use of force to make another actor take some action (rather than, as in deterrence, refrain from taking an action). (56)
Answer: compellence \


Question: The argument that regimes are most effective when power in the international system is most concentrated. (48)
Answer: hegemonic stability theory

Question: The general concept of one or more states’ power being used to balance that of another state or group of states. The term can refer to (1) any ratio of power capabilities between states or alliances, (2) a relatively equal ratio, or (3) the process by which counterbalancing coalitions have repeatedly formed to prevent one state from conquering an entire region. (43)
Answer: balance of power

Realist theory

Question: This lies at the center of Realpolitik!
Answer: POWER

Question: Things like patriotism and diplomatic skill are considered ____________ elements of power.
Answer: Intangible

Question: France is part of this powerful group
Answer: Great Powers

Question: Father of Modern Realist Thought
Answer: Kenneth Waltz

Question: Created balance of power theory
Answer: Hans J. Morgenthau

Liberalism

Question: Liberalism is the same as?
Answer: Liberal idealism

Question: Neo Liberalism is the same as
Answer: Liberal idealism

Question: Idealism is the same as
Answer: Liberal idealism

Question: The last systemic war in the international system?
Answer: WW2 1945


Question: In 1795 this author wrote a series of essays about perpetual peace.
Answer: Immanuel Kant

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Question: Where is you SI leader from?
Answer: Oklahoms

Question: Dr. Elrod's arch nemesis
Answer: racoon

Question: How many countries are full voting members of the UN?
Answer: 193

Question: How many flashcards should you have made by the next test?
Answer: 65 ish


Question: The year the Peace of Westphalia was signed.
Answer: 1648