Deck 5: Global and Regional Governance

Question 1

Coglianese asserts that international organizations and international law respond to three types of problems. These are

A) premodern development, economic transfers, and post-war exchanges.
B) coordinating global linkages, responding to common problems, and protecting core values.
C) Weberian tendencies, responding to common problems, and transnational/multinational corporations transfers.
D) interstate conflict, multilateral cooperation, and protecting core values.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

International law is an example of a(n) _______ institution.

A) international
B) intergovernmental
C) nongovernmental
D) pre-governmental

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The concept of "sovereignty" is an example of a(n) _______ institution.

A) constitutional
B) fundamental
C) issue-specific
D) generic

Answer 3

A

Question 4

_______ are a type of participant in global politics that is neither acting in the name of government nor created and served by government.

A) Presidents
B) Militaries
C) Nongovernmental actors
D) Nonstate entities

Question 5

A(n) _______ institution represents the basic norms and practices that sovereign states employ to facilitate coexistence and cooperation under conditions of international anarchy.

A) constitutional
B) fundamental
C) issue-specific
D) generic

Question 6

The European colonial powers divided the world's peoples into _______ societies.

A) occupied and unoccupied
B) trainable or undisciplined
C) civilized, barbarian, and savage
D) constitution and revised

Question 7

A(n) _______ is an authoritative international organization that operates above the nation-state.

A) BRICs
B) TRIPP
C) supranational global organization
D) Kantian organization

Question 8

The Ottawa Convention on Landmines (1997) is a good example of a(n) _______ institution.

A) constitutional
B) organizational
C) fundamental
D) international

Question 9

A(n) _______ is a governing arrangement that guides states and transnational actors and institutions.

A) regime
B) supernational government
C) NGO
D) regimen

Question 10

A core function of global governance is to

A) control the workings of INGOs.
B) regulate and coordinate action with regards to transnational issue areas.
C) establish a singular world government.
D) scale back or abolish enforcement of regulations.

Question 11

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was the product of a deliberate and systematic process of _______ dialogue.

A) imperialist
B) intercultural
C) exclusion
D) modernist

Question 12

The use of force to enforce humanitarian concerns in the face of state collapse is called

A) peace enforcement.
B) humanitarian violence.
C) state-saving intervention.
D) humanity enforcement.

Question 13

The principal mechanism modern states employ to "legislate" international law is

A) the International Criminal Court.
B) the International Court of Justice.
C) international institutions.
D) multilateral diplomacy.

Question 14

More actors become subjects and agents of international law, which means a development of _______ is eventually possible.

A) supernational law
B) suprastate law
C) subnational law
D) supranational law

Question 15

Developing countries criticize international law as

A) based on the realist perspective of international relations.
B) based on Western European historical experience.
C) ignoring the needs of women and children in developing countries.
D) failing to provide access to cases involving the division of the electromagnetic spectrum and other "new" resources.

Question 16

According to the UN Charter, in the General Assembly voting requires a(n)

A) simple majority.
B) two-thirds majority.
C) agreement by the P5.
D) unanimous decree.

Question 17

According to the textbook, the UN Secretary-General

A) serves as the commander-in-chief of the UN.
B) provides administrative guidance.
C) has no authority and is simply a figurehead.
D) cannot be from the United States or Russia.

Question 18

The conditionality of statehood was considered for which Cold War era phenomenon?

A) Decolonization
B) Proxy wars
C) Civil war
D) UN membership

Question 19

Which organ of the UN is charged with maintaining international security and order?

A) ECOSOC
B) Trusteeship Council
C) Security Council
D) Human Rights Commission

Question 20

A potential problem associated with the use of UN peacekeepers to quell disturbances within fragile or failed states is

A) various forms of abuse of non-combatants committed by the peacekeepers.
B) guaranteed professionalism on the part of the peacekeepers.
C) the ability to ensure the peacekeepers will come from states or groups that do not have historical grudges against the host state.
D) that the UN must hire peacekeepers only from states with low levels of military professionalism.

Question 21

How might a realist concerned with state sovereignty interpret Article 2(7) of the UN Charter?

A) The UN should be empowered to intervene in a state for any reason
B) The UN may only intervene in a state if that state consents
C) The UN may make statehood conditional
D) The UN is obligated to create a sovereign form of global government

Question 22

According to the UN Charter, in the Security Council voting is on the basis of

A) one vote for each permanent member, three-fourths vote for the other members.
B) one vote for each member-state on the Security Council.
C) geographic regional bloc.
D) percentage of the UN budget that the member-state provides.

Question 23

Which key section of the UN Charter deals with "Action with Respect to Threats to the Peace, Breaches of the Peace, and Acts of Aggression"?

A) Preamble
B) Article 99
C) Chapter VI
D) Chapter VII

Question 24

When international law promotes the freedom from outside interference for sovereign states this is called a(n)

A) anarchic liberty.
B) negative liberty.
C) essential liberty.
D) Article VII liberty.

Question 25

Which nation is not a member of the permanent five who hold a veto on the Security Council?

A) United States
B) China
C) Germany
D) France

Question 26

The New Development Bank and World Bank are competing types of

A) intergovernmental organizations (IGOs).
B) nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
C) supergovernmental organizations (SGOs).
D) bilateral governance organizations (BGOs).

Question 27

The _______ serves as the main UN judicial organ to settle disputes between states.

A) International Criminal Court (ICC)
B) International Court of Justice (ICJ)
C) Security Council
D) Peacekeeping Operations and Missions

Question 28

Who was the Secretary-General of the UN who outlined a more ambitious agenda for the UN in his An Agenda for Peace (1992)?

A) Dag Hammarskjöld
B) Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
C) Boutros Boutros-Ghali
D) Kofi Annan

Question 29

Which concept involves UN confidence-building measures and fact-finding?

A) Peacemaking
B) Peacekeeping
C) Postconflict peacebuilding
D) Preventive diplomacy

Question 30

Which UN body was tasked with overseeing the transition of territories from colonial status to self-government or independence?

A) Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
B) Security Council
C) Trusteeship Council
D) World Bank Group

Question 31

Which of the following was the last Trust Territory to gain independence in 1994?

A) Tahiti
B) Bosnia and Herzegovina
C) South Sudan
D) Palau

Question 32

The International Committee of the Red Cross directed the implementation of which of the following documents?

A) 1864 Geneva Convention
B) Convention to Ban Landmines
C) UNFCCC
D) Bamako Convention

Question 33

Recent decisions by the UN Security Council have treated gross violations of human rights by sovereign states as threats to international peace and security. In 2011 this was the basis for foreign military intervention in which African country?

A) Bahrain
B) Libya
C) East Timor
D) Haiti

Question 34

Amnesty International is an example of what type of organization?

A) Intergovernmental organization (INGO)
B) International regime (IR)
C) Nongovernmental organization (NGO)
D) Bilateral agreement (BA)

Question 35

_______ is the process by which states act together to solve common problems.

A) Unilateralism
B) Bilateralism
C) Multilateralism
D) Polycentrism

Question 36

Human security refers to

A) safeguarding the human race from the encroachment of tyranny.
B) physical security from war and violence only.
C) protection for all humans against state-based violence.
D) physical security from war and violence, economic security from extreme poverty, and a right to human dignity.

Question 37

Classical peacekeeping

A) may be conducted without the consent of the state being interfered with.
B) uses only peacekeepers from the great powers.
C) permits peacekeepers to fire at will in any circumstance.
D) is not effective if the warring parties do not want peace.

Question 38

Collective security is an arrangement in which each state agrees

A) to a joint response to aggression.
B) to share crucial intelligence in the face of threats.
C) not to attack another member of the alliance.
D) to provide resources to a third-party group that promises to give protection.

Question 39

The competence, or jurisdiction, of the _______ is limited, which hinders the effectiveness of that organization.

A) ICC
B) UN Judicial League
C) ICM
D) ICJ

Question 40

The addition of INGOs, epistemic communities, and other global civil society actors is most closely associated with which author or authors?

A) Robert Keohane
B) Kenneth Galbraith
C) Keck and Sikkink
D) Waltz and Mearsheimer

Question 41

The African Union (AU) and the Organization of American States (OAS) are examples of

A) collective security organizations.
B) regional organizations.
C) nongovernmental organizations.
D) primary UN organs.

Question 42

The European Union grew out of

A) a regional economic organization.
B) a regional human rights organization.
C) the SEATO Pact.
D) the Montevideo Convention.

Question 43

Historically, the European Union was born out of a desire for

A) control over the continent.
B) an alternative to Soviet communism.
C) reconciliation between France and Germany.
D) a single currency to avoid confusion across borders.

Question 44

By what year were/are the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals to be achieved?

A) 2000
B) 2001
C) 2015
D) 2025

Question 45

The first step in post-World War II European integration was the

A) European Union.
B) Committee of Europe.
C) European Coal and Steel Community.
D) Committee for European Integration.

Question 46

For many realists, international law

A) is replete with contextual meaning.
B) should serve the interests of powerful states.
C) is best enforced with moral suasion.
D) explains the growth of the European Union.

Question 47

Oxfam, Save the Children, and Amnesty International are examples of

A) nonstate actors.
B) intergovernmental organizations.
C) quasigovernmental organizations.
D) supranational government organizations.

Question 48

Which of the following was the immediate predecessor organization to the UN?

A) European Coal and Steel Community
B) European Free Trade Association
C) League of Nations
D) Concert of Europe

Question 49

The P5 includes

A) the US, the UK, France, Russia, and China.
B) the US, the UK, Germany, France, and Russia
C) the US, the UK, India, Russia, and China.
D) the US, China, Japan, Germany, and the UK.

Question 50

According to the textbook, with its work largely _______ the _______ meets only when necessary.

A) successful; UN General Assembly
B) procedural; ECOSOC
C) completed; UN Trusteeship Council
D) made moot by the end of the Cold War; UN Security Council

Question 51

What is a criticism of the International Criminal Court (ICC)?

A) It is overtly pro-warlord
B) It has too many powers of extradition
C) It restricts the actions of the great powers
D) It holds a strongly anti-African bias

Question 52

At the United Nations, the relationship between state sovereignty and the limits of UN action

A) is never a problem.
B) was resolved in the Preamble to the UN Charter.
C) remain key issues.
D) is being resolved by the newest round of UN reforms.

Question 53

The Security Council members that hold the veto power are often referred to as

A) impartial third parties to a disagreement.
B) the MC-5.
C) the P5.
D) the P3.

Question 54

Which person started a philanthropic foundation with a focus on education, curing diseases, and building strong communities?

A) Mark Zuckerberg
B) Ted Nugent
C) Bill Gates
D) Bill Clinton

Question 55

Many analysts believe that a key difference between the League of Nations and the UN is

A) the complete absence of disagreement between major powers in the period 1945-1953.
B) the harmony of interest among the permanent members of the Security Council.
C) the participation of the United States in the UN.
D) the non-participation of the communist powers from the UN.

Question 56

_______ are often seen as guilty of exploiting labor and crowding out local businesses.

A) Grotian states
B) Global civil society organizations
C) Multinational corporations
D) International non-governmental organizations

Question 57

A(n) _______ is a charitable trust or a nonprofit INGO with the purpose of making grants to other institutions or to individuals.

A) celebrity trust fund
B) foundation
C) state charity
D) NGO fund

Question 58

A network of activists that promote normative positions internationally are known as

A) international advocate groups.
B) global advocate organizations.
C) transnational advocacy networks.
D) human rights advocates.

Question 59

Global networks composed of many different groups that might or might not share an ideological position but are united in their wish to overthrow a system of governance are

A) international revolutionary organizations.
B) sub-national extremist groups.
C) global terrorist networks.
D) neocolonial expansionists.

Question 60

Define customary international law in 50 words or fewer.

Question 61

In what ways do nonstate actors contribute to the development of international law?

Question 62

What does a "fundamental institution" mean?

Question 63

Give two examples of an issue-specific institution or regime.

Question 64

Critique the UN using the feminist perspective.

Question 65

Name three of the key constitutive legal treaties in history.

Question 66

What is the primary function of the UN Security Council?

Question 67

What are the six principal organs of the UN system?

Question 68

What is the difference between a principal organ of the UN and a specialized agency? Give an example of each.

Question 69

What does ECOSOC do? What can it not do?

Question 70

What is one criticism that is leveled against the UN Security Council?

Question 71

What is the difference between the ICC and the ICJ?

Question 72

Define postconflict peacebuilding in 40 words or fewer.

Question 73

What were the four ideas put forward in An Agenda for Peace to improve the maintenance of peace and security in the post-Cold War context?

Question 74

What is global governance?

Question 75

Define human security in 25 words or fewer.

Question 76

What are the primary country level reforms pursued by NGOs for the UN?

Question 77

Briefly describe why the European Union was formed.

Question 78

What are three prominent regional organizations?

Question 79

How do INGOs bridge the divide between states, citizens, and markets?

Question 80

Describe how transnational social movements are a form of collective action.