Transcript World order & IR Theories Jeopardy

IR Jeopardy
IR Theories
Realism
IRandom
Pope-porri
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What is realism (or real politik)?
School of thought that focuses
on power and security
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What is sovereignty?
350 year old concept that permits
a government the final say inside
its own territory
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What are the Napoleonic Wars?
This series of conflicts injected
high-powered ideology into
warfare and statecraft
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What is a nation?
A group of people with shared:
Language
Ethnicity
Religion
History
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Democratic Peace Theory?
Theory that the world would
have fewer (or no)
wars if all countries
were democratic
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What is a bipolar power distribution?
When there are two rival states
with similar power capabilities
in a region
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What is the Prisoner’s Dilemma?
A game theory that shows that
sometimes rational actors
work to produce a suboptimal
outcome
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What is anarchy (anarchic state system)?
Lack of a world government
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What is liberalism (morale politik)?
School of thought that focuses
on countries doing what is
right and increasing cooperation
3,1
What is balance of power?
When countries seek
to have equal power to countries
they view as hostile
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What is the Versailles Treaty (1919)?
This peace settlement resulted
in resentment in Germany esp.
They had to admit guilt for the war,
pay reparations, and demilitarize
3,3
What are institutions?
Organizations that help
build trust and transparency
between states
3,4
Transparent
Institutions build trust in IR
only when countries are
_____________.
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What is GDP?
The most widely accepted way
to measure a state’s power
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Who was Woodrow Wilson?
He sought to move away from
the old power politics system
by pushing for democracy
and self-determination of
peoples
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What is self determination?
This concept advocates for
nations to rule themselves
(mo’ nation-states).
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What is the national interest?
Realists make a cost-benefit
calculation to determine what
state priorities should be
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Hegemonic Stability Theory
This theory posits that a unipolar
power distribution is the most
stable because the top-dawg has a
stake in policing the world
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What is a nation-state?
A territorial entity with a
government whose population
shares similar charcteristics
5,3
What is hegemon (hegemony)?
Mr. Pope’s favorite IR word;
the most powerful state
in a system
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