POSC 2601 MIDTERM 2 QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS(RATED A+)
What type of war is Russia vs. Ukraine? - ANSWERinterstate war
Interstate war definition and example - ANSWER- state vs. state across state
borders
- ex: Russia-Ukraine war
Intrastate war definition and example - ANSWER- state vs. non-state actor/group
within a state
- ex: Syrian Civil War
types of territorial conflict - ANSWER- interstate borders
- territorial waters
- airspace
- outer space
- secession: when a province/region tries to secede from an existing state
- irredentism: the goal of regaining territory lost to another state
government control conflict definition - ANSWERconflicts over which government will
control entire states
economic conflict definition - ANSWERconflicts about economic transactions
between states
Extrastate war definition and example - ANSWER- state vs. non-state actor/group
across state borders
- ex: US fight against Al Qaeda and ISIS
Minimum criteria of war - ANSWERfight over incompatibility that concerns
government/territory, use of armed force, government involved, violence must result
in death
total war definition and example - ANSWER- warfare by one state waged to conquer
and occupy another
- ex: Napoleonic Wars or WW2
hegemonic war definition and example - ANSWER- war over control of the entire
world order
- ex: WW2
limited war definition and example - ANSWER- military actions carried out to gain
some objective short of the surrender and occupation of the enemy
- ex: raids
, civil war definition and example - ANSWER- war between factions within a state
trying to create/prevent a new government for the entire state/some territorial part of
it
conventional war definition - ANSWERsymmetric interaction at a high level of military
capacity that usually use recruitment through institutions and clear front lines
conventional war's impact on duration and lethality of conflict - ANSWERshortest
lasting wars and most lethal wars
symmetric non-conventional warfare definition - ANSWERsymmetric interaction at a
low level of military capacity that usually use coercivity recruitment measures, poor
organization capacity/group fragmentation
symmetric non-conventional warfare impact on duration and lethality of conflict -
ANSWERshort-lived and less lethal than conventional wars
irregular war definition - ANSWERasymmetric interactions between conflicting
parties that use rebels to recruit and gain support from civilian population with no
clear front lines
irregular war's impact on duration and lethality of conflict - ANSWERlongest lasting
wars with high levels of violence
conflict over interests - ANSWERterritorial, governmental, economic
importance of territory in territory conflicts - ANSWERis because of the territorial
nature of the state and the value it holds to those nations
realist vs. liberal view on economic conflict - ANSWER- realists believe trade induces
conflict because more interdependence = more tension/vulnerability
- liberals believe that trade reduces conflict because more interactions = greater
interdependences = greater wealth
5 concerns of economic conflict - ANSWER- mercantilism: trade and economic
policies are built up to create a money surplus that could be used to finance war
- theory of lateral pressure: the economic growth of states leads to geographic
expansion as they seek natural resources beyond their borders by various means
- military industry: economic competition over who profits from sales of military
equipment is interwoven with security concerns over who gets access to the
weapons
- distribution of wealth: security concerns with terrorist attacks from poor states on
rich states/Marxist revolution over the exploitation of the poor by the rich
- drug trafficking: security concerns because of the use of military force operations
against traffickers/use of drug money to fund rebel activities along with corrupt
officials within and across borders
conflict over ideas - ANSWERethnic, religious, and ideological
& ANSWERS(RATED A+)
What type of war is Russia vs. Ukraine? - ANSWERinterstate war
Interstate war definition and example - ANSWER- state vs. state across state
borders
- ex: Russia-Ukraine war
Intrastate war definition and example - ANSWER- state vs. non-state actor/group
within a state
- ex: Syrian Civil War
types of territorial conflict - ANSWER- interstate borders
- territorial waters
- airspace
- outer space
- secession: when a province/region tries to secede from an existing state
- irredentism: the goal of regaining territory lost to another state
government control conflict definition - ANSWERconflicts over which government will
control entire states
economic conflict definition - ANSWERconflicts about economic transactions
between states
Extrastate war definition and example - ANSWER- state vs. non-state actor/group
across state borders
- ex: US fight against Al Qaeda and ISIS
Minimum criteria of war - ANSWERfight over incompatibility that concerns
government/territory, use of armed force, government involved, violence must result
in death
total war definition and example - ANSWER- warfare by one state waged to conquer
and occupy another
- ex: Napoleonic Wars or WW2
hegemonic war definition and example - ANSWER- war over control of the entire
world order
- ex: WW2
limited war definition and example - ANSWER- military actions carried out to gain
some objective short of the surrender and occupation of the enemy
- ex: raids
, civil war definition and example - ANSWER- war between factions within a state
trying to create/prevent a new government for the entire state/some territorial part of
it
conventional war definition - ANSWERsymmetric interaction at a high level of military
capacity that usually use recruitment through institutions and clear front lines
conventional war's impact on duration and lethality of conflict - ANSWERshortest
lasting wars and most lethal wars
symmetric non-conventional warfare definition - ANSWERsymmetric interaction at a
low level of military capacity that usually use coercivity recruitment measures, poor
organization capacity/group fragmentation
symmetric non-conventional warfare impact on duration and lethality of conflict -
ANSWERshort-lived and less lethal than conventional wars
irregular war definition - ANSWERasymmetric interactions between conflicting
parties that use rebels to recruit and gain support from civilian population with no
clear front lines
irregular war's impact on duration and lethality of conflict - ANSWERlongest lasting
wars with high levels of violence
conflict over interests - ANSWERterritorial, governmental, economic
importance of territory in territory conflicts - ANSWERis because of the territorial
nature of the state and the value it holds to those nations
realist vs. liberal view on economic conflict - ANSWER- realists believe trade induces
conflict because more interdependence = more tension/vulnerability
- liberals believe that trade reduces conflict because more interactions = greater
interdependences = greater wealth
5 concerns of economic conflict - ANSWER- mercantilism: trade and economic
policies are built up to create a money surplus that could be used to finance war
- theory of lateral pressure: the economic growth of states leads to geographic
expansion as they seek natural resources beyond their borders by various means
- military industry: economic competition over who profits from sales of military
equipment is interwoven with security concerns over who gets access to the
weapons
- distribution of wealth: security concerns with terrorist attacks from poor states on
rich states/Marxist revolution over the exploitation of the poor by the rich
- drug trafficking: security concerns because of the use of military force operations
against traffickers/use of drug money to fund rebel activities along with corrupt
officials within and across borders
conflict over ideas - ANSWERethnic, religious, and ideological
