Midterm

Question 1

Cold War

Answer 1

The Cold War was the geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle between two world superpowers, the USA and the USSR, that started in 1947 at the end of the Second World War and lasted until the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 26, 1991.Nov

Communism vs. Nationalism

Question 2

Proxy Wars

Answer 2

A proxy war is an armed conflict between two states or non-state actors which act on the instigation or on behalf of other parties that are not directly involved in the hostilities

Question 3

Greed

Answer 3

• Economic motivations and explanations to conflicts

Eg. control over resources; poverty

Question 4

Grievance

Answer 4

• Socio-political motivations and explanations to conflicts
  eg. resentment against inequality
• selfless

Question 5

Rationality in social sciences

Answer 5

• Economic approach
• Rationality is an assumption
• Cost benefit analysis with the information at the time- limited
• Rational utility maximizing

Question 6

WWI

Answer 6

Mutual defensive alliances
– International system
2. Imperialism & Militarism
– Competition for resources in the colonial world
• Africa and Asia
3. Nationalism

Question 7

How have wars changed since WWI

Answer 7

more intrastate and proxy

nuclear

Question 8

Survival

Answer 8

the first priority for state leaders, emphasize by historical realists such as Machiavelli, Meinecke, and Weber

Question 9

Unipolarity

Answer 9

a distribution of power internationally in which there is clearly only one dominant power or ‘pole’.

Question 10

Unipolarity

Answer 10

a distribution of power internationally in which there is clearly only one dominant power or ‘pole’.

Question 11

3 Dynamics of Conflcit

Answer 11

• Alliances in Europe
  - NATO vs. Warsaw Pact
• Arms Race (deterrence & MAD)
  - Nuclear bombs
  - Intercontinental missiles
  - Anti-ballistic system
• Proxies war in the Third world
  - Becomes a way for countries to still fight one another