Deck 3: Interpreting Power: a Levels-Of-Analysis Approach

Question 1

In March of 2014, Russia annexed___________.

A) Astana
B) Darhan
C) Crimea
D) Georgia

Answer 1

Crimea

Question 2

Baldwin (1979) describes power to having_________________.

A) social capital
B) military resources
C) money
D) connections

Answer 2

money

Question 3

How many nuclear warheads does the U.S. have?

A) 5890
B) 6000
C) 10000
D) 6800

Answer 3

6800

Question 4

India first tested a nuclear warhead in_____________.

A) 1960
B) 1974
C) 1980
D) 1996

Question 5

In October 2010, Wikileaks released almost _______________ classified U.S. military logs detailing its operations in Iraq.

A) 350, 000
B) 250,000
C) 400,000
D) 500,000

Question 6

In April 2010 Wikileaks released a contentious video titled ____________ showing a U.S. Apache helicopter killing at least 12 people.

A) Collateral Murder
B) Baghdad Murders
C) Military Murder
D) U.S. Military's War Crimes

Question 7

Wikileaks' founder was a diplomatic refugee in the ___________ in London.

A) Guatemalan Embassy
B) Venezuelan Embassy
C) El Salvadorian Embassy
D) Ecuadorian Embassy

Question 8

_____________ is rightly credited with coining the term levels of analysis.

A) M. Stephen Walt
B) J. David Singer
C) J. Ann Tickner
D) N. Kenneth Waltz

Question 9

The prominent political scientist ___________ famously defined political power as the factor that explains who gets what, when, and how.

A) Condoleezza Rice
B) Paul Wellstone
C) Harold Laswell
D) Melissa Harris-Perry

Question 10

The use or threatened use of material power assets by an actor to compel through coercion to undertake or not undertake the desired action is known as ___________.

A) soft power
B) hard power
C) objective power
D) subjective power

Question 11

Which of these are not examples of soft power?

A) bribing
B) international grants
C) foreign aid
D) 10 percent cultural exchanges

Question 12

The U.S. massive stockpile of nuclear warheads is an example of _________.

A) hard power
B) absolute power
C) relative power
D) soft power

Question 13

India made the decision to publicly test nuclear weapons in _____________________.

A) 2002
B) 2000
C) 1998
D) 1996

Question 14

According to former Harvard University dean and top U.S. national security policy advisor _________________, power is like the weather.

A) Robert D. Putnam
B) Joseph Nye
C) Catharine Drew Gilpin Faust
D) Neil Rudenstine

Question 15

A state actor's global presence depends on both ______________________ and ___________________.

A) economic influence; stage of development
B) capabilities; credibility
C) material resources; population size
D) political leadership; electoral process

Question 16

All of the following forms are a part of Barnett and Duvall's (2005) analysis of power except ____________.

A) relative power
B) compulsory power
C) structural power
D) institutional power

Question 17

Economist _______________ used the term bounded rationality to describe individuals' decisions.

A) Elinor Ostrom
B) Joseph Stiglitz
C) Herbert Simon
D) Amartya Sen

Question 18

Adolf Hitler became the German Chancellor in ____________.

A) 1933
B) 1936
C) 1935
D) 1930

Question 19

As per the ________________, Germans had to pay impossible reparations.

A) Treaty of Paris
B) Versailles Treaty
C) Treaty of London
D) Treaty of Berlin

Question 20

Early proponents of ________________ in I.R. in the mid-20th century argued that the levels-of-analysis approach offers great insight in understanding the complex problems in global politics.

A) feminism
B) world system theory
C) constructivism
D) behavioralism

Question 21

Which of the following is True about the levels-of-analysis framework?

A) A levels-of-analysis framework is an analytic tool that cuts across the theoretical approaches.
B) A levels-of-analysis framework is a theory of global politics.
C) A levels-of-analysis framework is mainly rooted in realism.
D) A levels-of-analysis framework focuses on understanding behavioral interactions in global politics.

Question 22

The individual-level analysis approach can appraise global politics through _______________.

A) consumerism
B) military might
C) foreign policy
D) global civil society

Question 23

Decision-makers seek ______________ by discounting ideas and information that contradict their beliefs.

A) justice
B) truth
C) power
D) cognitive consistency

Question 24

When people justify their decisions by overestimating the likelihood that they will lead to a successful outcome, this is known as ___________________.

A) misinformation
B) lack of judgment
C) optimistic bias
D) cognitive dissonance

Question 25

In cases where president Trump and others in his administration recurrently refer to Islamic terrorism when the terrorist incidents have no link to Islam at all; this is referred to as____________.

A) cognitive dissonance
B) stereotypes
C) racism
D) anti-immigration policies

Question 26

In____________ decision-makers in London and Washington accept intelligence that Saddam Hussein was attempting to buy uranium from Africa even when the U.N. officials said the contrary.

A) 2003
B) 2002
C) 1990
D) 1992

Question 27

The decision of France and the United Kingdom to abandon their ally Czechoslovakia and allow Nazi Germany to annex part of it in order to appease Nazi Germany in 1938 is an example of ________________.

A) betrayal
B) pessimistic bias
C) analogy
D) strategical retreat

Question 28

Men in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, and Italy are __________ more likely to hold a favorable attitude toward war than women.

A) 5-10%
B) 15-20%
C) 1-5%
D) 10-15%

Question 29

When a politician accuses an opponent of offering too many concessions in international negotiations, they usually reference _______________.

A) the Treaty of Versailles
B) the Munich analogy
C) the Paris Treaty
D) the Vietnam War

Question 30

The fallacy of a gender binary thesis, focuses on____________________________________.

A) the gender gap in global politics
B) women in global politics
C) institutional gendered constrains in global politics
D) the notion that only two genders - male and female, exist

Question 31

Which one of the following is the most hawkish world leaders in the post-World War II era?

A) Helmut Kohl
B) Tsai Ing-wen
C) Golda Meir
D) Franklin Roosevelt

Question 32

Bill Clinton is a prime example of a(n)______________________________.

A) negative-active personality
B) active-positive personality
C) active-passive personality
D) positive-negative personality

Question 33

President Barack Obama is an example of ______________________________.

A) active-negative personality
B) active-positive personality
C) active-passive personality
D) positive-negative personality

Question 34

According to the chapter, President George W. Bush sees the world ______________________.

A) as a complex system
B) in terms of black and white
C) as very confusing
D) as chaotic

Question 35

According to the chapter President Donald J. Trump's operational code appears to revolve around _______________.

A) build a wall
B) The Art of a Deal
C) make America great again
D) Muslim Ban

Question 36

_______________ was one of the first to apply the concept of Operational Code Analysis.

A) Joseph S. Nye Jr
B) Alexander L. George
C) Tim Dunne
D) Jonathan Renshon

Question 37

The _________ has traditionally been the central actor in the global system.

A) military might
B) wealth
C) hegemons
D) state

Question 38

The most crucial factor to consider when we assess governmental sources of power is ___________.

A) domestic and foreign policies
B) state sovereignty
C) military might
D) type of government

Question 39

Which of the following is not a necessary condition to satisfy state sovereignty?

A) seeking self-determination
B) effective governing mechanism
C) means of defense
D) clearly demarcated territorial space

Question 40

______________ is an example of a stateless nation.

A) Haiti
B) Liberia
C) South Sudan
D) Palestine

Question 41

Which of the following is not a part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership?

A) Equador
B) Chile
C) Brunei
D) Vietnam

Question 42

According to the chapter, when the intended policy doesn't necessarily get translated throughout the levels of government, this is the result of ________________________.

A) lack of vision
B) lack of resources
C) laziness
D) bureaucratic intransigence

Question 43

The branch of individual-level analysis focusing largely on specific individual leaders is sometimes called ____________________.

A) leadership analysis
B) idiosyncratic analysis
C) influential analysis
D) domestic analysis

Question 44

A leader's philosophical beliefs and instrumental beliefs are the result of their _____________.

A) leadership style
B) training
C) operational code
D) cultural traits

Question 45

Assessing a state's use of power in pursuit of its foreign policy goals is often referred to as _________.

A) statehood
B) state sovereignty
C) statecraft
D) regime authority

Question 46

According to the World Bank and IMF the U.S.' GDP is ______________.

A) $16.8 trillion
B) $18.5 trillion
C) $12.4 trillion
D) $15 trillion

Question 47

A society's widely held values and fundamental practices that are slow to change as it relates to civic affairs is known as ___________.

A) norms
B) imperialism
C) cultural traits
D) political culture

Question 48

U.S. exports in 2017 totaled over ________________.

A) $2.3 trillion
B) $5 trillion
C) $3.8 trillion
D) $6.5 trillion

Question 49

The U.S. military force becomes less dominant due to extensive global commitments; many analysts describe this phenomenon as _________?

A) overstretch
B) global policing
C) ill-advised military interventions
D) U.S. imperialism

Question 50

According to the World Bank and IMF China's GDP is ______________.

A) $11.8 trillion
B) $18.5 trillion
C) $9.3 trillion
D) $20 trillion

Question 51

____________ is a measure of the health, well-being, and functioning of the population and society.

A) societal status
B) prosperity
C) human development
D) global competitiveness

Question 52

_________ is one that introduces and maintains control of the entire global political system.

A) Global reach
B) Superpower
C) Internationalization
D) Hegemonic power

Question 53

Concert of Europe is an example of a ________________.

A) bipolar system
B) multipolar system
C) unipolar system
D) nonpolar system

Question 54

According to the Military Balance report from the International Institute for Strategic Studies, China has _______________ troops.

A) 5.5 million
B) 3.1 million
C) 4.34 million
D) 2.84 million

Question 55

________________ is a type of international system that describes a single country with complete global power.

A) bipolar
B) unipolar system
C) global power system
D) world system

Question 56

In 20015 Timor-Leste had _______________ troops.

A) 1 million
B) 1,300
C) 400,000
D) 5,000

Question 57

In 2015, Americans had more than __________ tied up in assets abroad.

A) $25 trillion
B) $15 trillion
C) $25 trillion.
D) $30 trillion .

Question 58

The idea of nonpolarity was introduced by_________.

A) Aaron Friedberg
B) Cynthia Weber
C) Dominic Johnson
D) Richard Haass

Question 59

According to the Military Balance report from the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the U.S. has _______________ troops.

A) 1.35 million
B) 3.1 million
C) 3.34 million
D) 2.88 million

Question 60

Immediately after inauguration in January 2017, President Trump _____________.

A) Imposed tax tariffs on China.
B) Banned nationals from eight countries from traveling to the U.S.
C) Withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement.
D) Withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations and Agreement.

Question 61

______________is the frequency, scope, and intensity of interactions among the units.

A) political culture
B) interdependence
C) the organization of authority
D) bureaucracy

Question 62

The degree of which an issue, question, or problem can be said to resonate with or matter to the general public is known as ____________.

A) Transaction
B) values
C) salience
D) Symbols

Question 63

In 2010 the WTO ruled in favor of the U.S. and Japan allegation that the EU was violating trade policies relating to imports of ________________.

A) flat-screen televisions
B) cloths
C) rice
D) vehicles

Question 64

The bulk of the state's administrative structure that continues to serve the public even when political leaders change is known as the ____________.

A) a bureaucracy
B) administrative unit
C) political unit
D) public service commission

Question 65

________________ is the belief that America's culture is superior.

A) American superiority
B) American hegemony
C) American values
D) American exceptionalism

Question 66

An example of a structural characteristic would be_____________.

A) geographical location
B) civil society
C) the organization of authority
D) economy

Question 67

________________is an example of a rogue state.

A) Palestine
B) Egypt
C) North Korea
D) Algeria

Question 68

In 100 words, describe various dimensions of power.

Question 69

Discuss the notion that power is both an asset and an aspiration.

Question 70

In 100 words, explain absolute and relative power.

Question 71

Describe and give examples of power as capability and credibility.

Question 72

What is Objective and Subjective Power?

Question 73

Describe and explain the central tenants of Power as the Production of Effects.

Question 74

Explain the term hegemony in global politics.

Question 75

Reflect on how bureaucracy hinders or helps a country's foreign policy.

Question 76

What is statecraft?

Question 77

What is the operational code?

Question 78

How does economic capacity shape power in global politics?

Question 79

What are the societal factors that influence the state-level of analysis?

Question 80

Evaluate how physical and technical factors shape state-level of analysis