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Whatiisistate?i-iCorrectiAnswer-Forianientityitoiqualifyiasiaistate:
1.iTerritoryi(Mustihaveiaiterritorialibase,iwithigeographicallyidefinedibo
undaries)i
2.iPopulationi(Aistableipopulationimustiresideiwithiniitsiborders)
3.iSovereigntyi(Theipopulationishouldioweiallegianceitoianieffectiveigov
ernment)i
4.iRecognitioni(Otheristatesimustirecognizeithisistateidiplomatically)
Whatiisisovereignty?i-iCorrectiAnswer-
Aisituationiwhereitheistateipossessesi"legaliautonomy"iandicanidetermi
neipolicyiwithiniitsibordersibyiitsiowniauthority;iitidoesinotifalliunderithe
iauthorityiofianyiotheripower
ExternaliSovereigntyi-iCorrectiAnswer-
Sovereigntyirelativeitoioutsideipowersithatiisilegallyirecognizediiniintern
ationalilaw
InternaliSovereigntyi-iCorrectiAnswer-
Theisoleiauthorityiwithiniaiterritoryicapableiofimakingiandienforcingilaw
siandipolicies
,Whatiisiaination?i-iCorrectiAnswer-
Aicollectiveiunitedibyisharediculturalibeliefsianditheibeliefiinitheirightitoi
territorialiself-determinationi(oneiidentity)
Whatiisitheirelationshipibetweeniaistateiandiaination?i-iCorrectiAnswer-
Aination,ihowever,iisiaigroupiofipeopleiwhoishareitheisameicultureibutid
oinotihaveisovereignty.iAistateijustirefersitoiaipatchiofilandiwithiaisovere
ignigovernment.iStatesioftenicoincideiwithinations,icalledination-
states,ibutinotialwaysi(foriexample,itheiKurdsiareiainationiwithoutiaiStat
e,ibutiFrance,iGermany,iandiJapaniareiexamplesiofination-states.)
Nation-statei-iCorrectiAnswer-
Theiideaiofiaihomogenousinationigovernedibyiitsiownisovereignistate—
whereieachistateicontainsioneinationi(ex.iFrance,iGermany,iandiJapan)
Whatiisipower?i-iCorrectiAnswer-
"Theiabilityitoinotionlyiinfluenceiothers,ibutitoicontrolioutcomes,iprodu
cingiresultsithatiwouldinotihaveioccurredinaturally"
Sourcesiofipoweri-iCorrectiAnswer-
1.iNaturali(Geography,inaturaliresources,iandipopulation)
2.iTangiblei(Industrialidevelopment,ileveliofiinfrastructure,icharacteristi
csiofimilitary)i
3.iIntangiblei(Nationaliimage,ipublicisupport,ileadership)
, **Statesidesireipower.iPoweriisiaistatesilargestimotivation.iEmphasizesi
onitheileader.***
Realismi-iCorrectiAnswer--Security
-
Theiattributeiofiacceptingitheifactsiofilifeiandifavoringipracticalityiandilit
eralitruthi
-Realistsibelieveithatipoweriisitheicurrencyiofiinternationalipolitics
-
**"Statesiwillicooperateiifiitiisiinitheistate'siinterest.iPullediiniwheniiniint
erest,ipulledioutiwheninon-interested."**
-Realistsidon'tithinkiideologyiisirealistici
**HINT:iIfiyouiareireadingisomethingithatitalksiaboutiideology,iitiprobab
lyiisn'ticomingifromiairealistiview**
Realism:iKeyiassumptionsi-iCorrectiAnswer--
*Statesiareitheiprimaryiactorsiinitheisystem*
-Statesiexistsiinianarchyi
-*Keyigoalsiofistates:isecurityi&isurvival*i
-**PoweriasitheidominanticurrencyiofiIR**
-*Statesiareirationaliunitaryiactors*
-Statesihaveiconflictingiinterests
-Theiimportanceiofimilitaryipower