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- Assuming a state is ____________ means that it has its own defined interests and chooses its own actions, whereas assuming a state is __________ means that it makes decision's by weighing the cost and benefits of various options
- When the United States supported China to exert leverage over the Soviet Union and supported Pakistan to offset India's growing power, this was an example of carrying out a policy based on the idea of
- Many liberal theories believe that ________ and _________ can reduce the likelihood of war
- Russia's provision of medical supplies to Italy in 2020 to help it fight the COVID-19 pandemic was intended to demonstrate the legitimacy of Russia's intentions and potentially persuade Italy to support Russia; when combined with the implicit threat to cut off Italy's natural gas supply as means of coercion, this illustrates the use of
- liberal theorists like Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye argue that in an interdependent system
- many liberals see the international system as __________ rather than ___________,a view that sets them apart from realists
- part of the reason Franklin Roosevelt and Mikhail Gorbachev were able to have so much individual influence on their respective countries was because
- individuals with an "independent" (rather than "participatory") orientation to foreign affairs have
- a state's power potential depends, in parts, on its natural sources of power, the most important of which are
- the fact that the European Union provides an institutional framework that creates an expectation of continued interactions among its member states is a reason
- The European's unions' attempt to lead by example in an environmental policies in order to get others to do the same is an example of which concept?
- constructivists believe that state behavior is shaped by
- Which system-level concept do many realists rely on to characterize the possibilities of war and peace?
- Following the attacks against the US on September 11, 2001, in which state did the United States launch a war to oust the Taliban regime?
- The radical perspective places emphasis on which of the following?
- when are personality characteristics more likely to matter in leadership decisions?
- By the end of the nineteenth century _________ and ________ were the only Asian countries not under direct European or US influence
- Which factor contributed to the absence of major war on the Continent under the Concert of Europe?
- During the Cold War, the ____________ was the alliance designed to defend Western Europe from Soviet aggression, while the ___________ was the alliance between the Soviet Union and several East European states?
- In 1979, the Islamic Revolution in ____________ led to Shiite theocracy. The same year, insurgents took over the Great Mosque in Mecca; their defeat led to a reassertion of puritanically form of Sunni Islam in _________. The events led to a rivalry between the two countries that has lasted to this day