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35 Cards in this Set
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UN Permanent Members |
China, France, Russia, UK and US |
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The Marshal Plan |
American initiative to aid western Europe, US gave over 12 billion to help rebuild their economies |
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Justification for Iraq war |
Uncertainty on WMD wasn't good, Increased pressure on Iran, to free the people of Iraq, back up international law |
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Diplomacy |
The practice of managing international relations through negotiations |
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Democratic Peace theory |
Democracies are not likely to fight other democracies |
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Soft Power |
States ability to influence other states through example, economic and social success |
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IGO |
Organization compromised primarily of sovereign states (member states) of other IGO's |
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NGO |
Public of private group unaffiliated with the government attempting to influence foreign policy to raise international concerns or global issues and offer solutions |
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Vietnam Syndrome |
The public aversion to Americans overseas military involvements and controversy |
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Members of European Union |
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece |
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Hobbes |
States are enemies and rivals, Self interest and security |
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Locke |
States are competitors that can be reasoned with, Force and compromise |
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Marxism |
Struggle between states representing ruling elites interested in control over territories people and resources |
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Kant |
States are partners, collective security is the ultimate goal |
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Domino Theory |
America view during the Cold war that seizure of power by communists in one country will produce a chain reaction of communist take overs in other countries allied with the west |
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Globalization |
Process of interaction and integration among the people, companies and governments of different nations (trade and investments) |
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Realism |
Focuses on states and their interests, balance of power and the structure on international relations |
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Realpolitik |
A system of politics or principles based on practical rather than moral ideological considerations |
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Hegemony |
leadership or dominance, especially over one country or social group |
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GDP |
The monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced with in a countries borders in a specific time persion |
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Machiavelli |
wishes men were better but understands they are not, Prince should be moral, flexible and appear good |
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Peace of Westphalia |
Ended both the thirty years war and 80 year war, recgonized dutch republics independence |
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Realism and the Cold War |
soviets wanted to be extremely powerful, the Cuban missile crisis was when the world came the closest to war, war on ideology |
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Unipolar |
Distribution of power in which one state exercises most of the cultural, economic and military |
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Bipolar |
Distribution of power in which two states exercises most of the cultural, economic and military
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Multipolar |
Distribution of power in which multi states exercises most of the cultural, economic and military
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Monroe Doctrine |
Any intervention by external powers in the politics of the Americans is a potentially hostile act against the U.S. |
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NATO |
Military alliance of European and American democracy founded after ww2 to strengthen ties between member states |
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The end of the soviet union |
Dec. 25 1991; Gorbashev reesigned |
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Liberalism |
Belief in social and political change, focuses on individual rights, understands that military power isn't always the best, wants economic and social power as well |
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Neo Liberalism |
Lassez-faire approach to economic development, economic factors are in the public sector |
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Constructivism |
States develop interests and notions of security based on social norms and historical experiences |
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The league of nations |
IGO established after WW1, created for international cooperation on world issues |
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Paris Peace Confrence |
Versailles peace conference, allies set peace terms for the defeated central powers |
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UN |
Created to increase political and economic cooperation among member countries |