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Question 1-

State are countries Conflict and security is the problem of states trying to protect its own citizen.

o Certain actions taken by the state can lead to the Security Dilemma. Realism: (pg 45)- about self-interest, dog eat dog world, self-help survival (2types;

classical=morgenthoue , structural=waltz)

Realist believe that in IR the state is anarchico The Structure of IR is what makes the world anarchic (Waltz)o IR is decentralized (Watltz)

There is no global authority to enforce rules and will lead to states to act basedon self-help

Polarity for waltz, is about the structure of the system and eventually you needbipolarity and nuclear weapons, more of war

constructivist= wendto anarchy is what you make of it

States develop an identity. states actions are made based on the pastinteractions of with other nations

US interactions with Cuban and Canada are differento Constructivists say its what you make of it, the fundamentals define the relationship

more of peace.

o If you dont care about self-interest self-help and survival then we get peace.Question 2

The UN was made in san fran in 1945 , it was all about improving peace and security,development and human rights

The Un is an international origination to protect the people of each nation, and if a nationinfringes on a persons right then the UN has the right to violate the rules of sovergnty. (Howard

&Donneylly)

o States develop a opinio juris in which the state has a sense of obligation to protecthuman rights. (H&D)

Keohane- money talks infoo The idea of interdependence can be achieved if states have a place to talk. The UN

lowers transactional cost for nations to open up negotiations to improve trade. Over

time with more economic trade the states will be interdependent and have less of anincentive to go to war with a nation it is trading with.

Weakness:o no standing army,o peace keeping troops(cant shoot until youre shot at)

the incident in Rawanda. The genicide of the Hutio small states are not represented equally

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veto(5 biggest power){US,UK,China,France,Russia} can veto whatever they want Strengths:

o improves communication,o name and shame(putting them on blast),

perfect example of espionage from Russia,o peacekeeping,o money,o information,

the closest thing we have to a central govt, global weather Yes , because it lowers the cost, talks, info and prevents war.

Question 3

prisoners dilemma is the theory that all players, in this case the states, will make choices thatend up making all players worse off.

oIf two prisoners are in a in separate interrogation rooms. They are asked to convict theother of the crime and in return will get a lighter punishment.

States mistrust other nations. Nuclear deterrence- avoid to make someone from doing a negative action, trying to deter

nuclear war and lead to MAD

The Story of two nations going to war and both nations choosing to use nukes, thus leading tothe prisoners dilemma.

Waltz stated the idea that nations will do anything in their power to protect its citizens. Sincestates are unaware and mistrust the actions of other states then, states will assume the worst

and try to protect itself.

o One way to protect the state is nuclear deterrenceo According to waltz because if the world is bipolar and if every nation has nukes then

they will never go to war

Kohane believed in the idea of international Institutions to help mitigate the chance of nuclearwar.

IAEA- about limiting nuclear war for energy , might help them to reduce their weapons forenergy purposes

NPT- those that have nuclear weapons get to keep them and those that dont cant obtain it andas a result we promise to not bomb them, reread about this topic

Question 4

Realist:o survival(+) ,power(+), self-interest(+),o hard to get peace because youre always assuming the worst(-)o altruistic{collective action and security}(-)o they believe in anarchy

Tickners feminist critique of Realist is that realism is all about power politics

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Liberal:o collective action,(+) collective security,( + ) talk things out,( +) community(+)o you dont make assumptions, - survival(-)

not pursuing our self interests(Kyoto) constructivist= wendt

o anarchyis what you make of it States develop an identity. states actions are made based on the past

interactions of with other nations

US interactions with Cuban and Canada are differento Constructivists say its what you make of it, the fundamentals define the relationship

more of peace.

o If you dont care about self-interest self-help and survival then we get peace. The two best represents a more accurate picture of world politics today is

o Realism States are self interested and will enact policies in their best interest Power Politics are in play even in at the UN

The Security council has the ability to Veto any policy which may harmthe states interest

o Liberalism States do have a sense of community and cooperation

The UN is open forum to talk about problems currently affecting theworld

The UN has almost universal participation and it does good things for the world.Question 5

Regime is a state. We think of states differently , states only commit war and repression and notterrorism.

Norms are traditional ideals states follow to avoid shame.o Keck and Sikkimk stated that activist and NGOs can create new norms by using

Information politics, Symbolic politics , leverage politics or Accountability politics

o Activist bring attention to a problem, then leads to world wind attention about theproblem and finally states change their actions to solve the problem

Terrorism is the use of violence, in order to coercion a nation. Yes, there is an international norm against terrorist

o Terrorism can affect any nation, but it is very difficult to punish since the terrorist arenot traditional state organizations

Sanctions and traditional punishment dont work on Terrorist

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Multiple choice, 14 questions and 4 fill in the blank Glossary look up terms, use index to find more in detail info about that subject. Rev. of military affairs-coupe = the advancement of our military Different kinds of wars we fight nowadays