Deck 18: Global Politics: Politics Among States and Others

Question 1

Examining the internal mechanics and dynamics of a political system is called comparative politics while examining the interface or interaction among states is called ____________________________.

Answer 1

international politics or international relations

Question 2

The end of the Cold War was clearly the stimulant for many more states becoming democratic and establishing market economies.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Which of the following international organizations has the most potential to be the body of authority in the world?

A) World Health Organization
B) International Court of Justice
C) European Union
D) United Nations
E) Organization of American States

Answer 3

D

Question 4

________________ is the "signature political phenomenon" of the 21^st century.

Question 5

The Pinochet case proves that international law can function when all the parties involved agree in advance to __________________________.

Question 6

NGOs have replaced IGOs as central players in international politics.

Question 7

Your text identifies an example of NGO effectiveness in creating a solution to a pressing international problem. That example was a treaty _______________________.

Question 8

Which of the following countries has experienced a rapid rise in power over the last three decades?

A) France
B) Argentina
C) China
D) Russia
E) Italy

Question 9

Interdependence:

A) increased rapidly after World War Two
B) increased moderately after World War Two
C) increased until the end of the Cold War, but has decreased since
D) actually involves only the world's most powerful states
E) is a concept that is not really relevant in the twenty-first century

Question 10

The interdependence of the world's states grew enormously during the last forty years.

Question 11

NGO is an acronym for ______________ Organization.

Question 12

When someone or somebody serves as an agent or on behalf of another's interest, such a person or body is said to have a __________________ role.

Question 13

With the end of the Cold War, the international environment has been plagued by numerous "small wars."

Question 14

In the last forty years there has been an "explosive" growth of NGOs.

Question 15

Political " interchange" does not proceed as easily in politics among states as it does in politics within a state.

Question 16

The Cold War pitted the Soviet Union and the USA against each other. This was a natural product of these states fighting on opposite sides in both World War I and II.

Question 17

Which country has the highest military expenditures?

A) India
B) Great Britain
C) China
D) Russia
E) United States

Question 18

In politics conducted among states, there is no central position or reservoir of authority.

Question 19

So far, democratic states have not gone to war with:

A) other democratic states
B) neighboring states
C) authoritarian states
D) rich and powerful states
E) states with the same religious heritage

Question 20

The example of international "failure" involving genocide between Hutu and Tutsi ethnics took place in the country of ________________.

Question 21

Your text claims that democracies tend not to wage war against one another but rich, powerful states often desire the other's assets and do wage war against one another.

Question 22

What are the main powers of the United Nations? What keeps it from being a more effective institution?

Question 23

Terrorism is relatively efficient because it requires low resources and yields high visibility to the cause.

Question 24

Political leaders seldom imagine their roles as fiduciary roles.

Question 25

Terrorism is most effective when government responds with harsh measures (over-reacts) after it has been attacked. Democracies are challenged by terrorism to respond only within the bounds of their political principles.

Question 26

Critical Thinking
Think about the relative order that state's have been able to create inside political systems and the relative chaos, conflict, and violence that recurs so frequently in international affairs. Is it more likely that with modern technology and globalization that the international turbulence will invade the state systems, or is it more likely that the order and pattern of the state system will spill over into and moderate international politics?

Question 27

What have been the major changes in the international system since the end of World War Two?

Question 28

In international politics, the political leader of a state is likely to think about his/her fiduciary responsibility to the people of that state, but is likely to act with little or no fiduciary responsibility to the larger global public.

Question 29

Your text claims that a state's military power determines its overall power in international politics when it comes to bargaining or conflict.

Question 30

The UN and the International Court of Justice both have the authority and mechanisms to enforce decisions.

Question 31

Your text includes a table identifying 12 "major military powers" in the world. Of those only two could be consider adversaries or potential adversaries to the US.

Question 32

Think about "power" and "choice." Does a sovereign political authority have more power or more choice when it maneuvers in international politics?

Question 33

What factors can lead to two countries going to war?