International Relations Flashcards
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Which theoretical framework argues that international institutions can mitigate anarchy and foster cooperation among self-interested states?
Answer: Liberal institutionalism
Liberal institutionalism holds that international organizations, regimes, and norms reduce transaction costs, increase transparency, and make defection more costly, enabling sustained cooperation even among self-interested states.
The 'Democratic Peace Theory' posits that:
Answer: Democracies rarely go to war with each other
Democratic Peace Theory holds that liberal democracies rarely, if ever, go to war against each other, though they may still wage war against non-democracies.
Which concept describes a small state's strategy of seeking protection from a dominant power by formally aligning with it?
Answer: Bandwagoning
Bandwagoning occurs when a weaker state aligns with a threatening or dominant power rather than joining a coalition against it, seeking security through association.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) primarily functions as:
Answer: A Eurasian security and political bloc led by China and Russia
The SCO is a Eurasian political, economic, and security alliance founded in 2001, dominated by China and Russia, and focused on regional security, counterterrorism, and economic cooperation.
What is the significance of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) under UNCLOS?
Answer: It grants coastal states sovereign rights over resources up to 200 nautical miles offshore
The EEZ, extending 200 nautical miles from a state's baseline, grants coastal states sovereign rights to explore, exploit, conserve, and manage natural resources, but does not grant full territorial sovereignty.
Which US national security document, published every four years, outlines the nation's highest-level strategic priorities?
Answer: National Security Strategy (NSS)
The National Security Strategy (NSS), required by the Goldwater-Nichols Act, is the president's top-level document articulating America's foreign policy and national security priorities.
The term 'hegemonic stability theory' argues that the international system is most stable when:
Answer: A single dominant power maintains order
Hegemonic stability theory, associated with Robert Gilpin and Charles Kindleberger, holds that international economic and political order is most stable when a single hegemonic power underwrites the rules of the system.