INS 3003- Exam 1 Questions And Answers 2025 Update
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/. State - Answer-(country or nation-state) The largest actor in the international system.
Independent and legitimate entity defined by its territorial border with sovereign power
to conduct its own affairs
exercising sovereign power over geographic area
/.Sovereignty - Answer-a situation where the state possesses legal authority and can
determine policy within its borders by its own authority; it doesn't fall under the authority
of any other power.
Sovereign states enjoy membership in the international political community
refers to the independent authority of the state over a territory and the population that
reside within it
/.nation - Answer-"a collective united by shared cultural features (history, language,
myths, values, etc) and the belief in the right to territorial self-determination
/.traditional legitimacy - Answer-- based on habit and custom over time, stressing history
- monarchy - jordan
/.charismatic legitimacy - Answer-- based on the force of ideas and the presence of the
leader
- revolutionary hero - lenin
/.rational-legal legitimacy - Answer-- based on rules and procedures and the office that
create and enforce those rules
- elected official
/.natural sources of power - Answer-- geographic position and size
- population
/.tangible sources of power - Answer-industrial development, level of infrastructure,
characteristics of military
/.soft power - Answer-- subtle form of influence over the values held by other states
- exercise influence through attraction
- sources of soft power: cultural attraction, political values, foreign policies
,/.the art of diplomacy - Answer-- the art of negotiations
- taking a specific action or refraining from action
- requires credible parties with believable statements, likely positions, and ability to back
up positions with action
/.use of force - compellence - Answer-forcing a state to do something it is not doing or to
stop doing something it is doing, often using threats or direct actions - example: first gulf
war
/.use of force - deterrence - Answer-- threatening to use of force against an action not
yet taken desired by another state - example: cold war
/.FAMOUS REALIST - Answer-Thucydides
Niccolo Machiavelli
Thomas Hobbes
Carl Von Clausewitz
/.Thucydides - Answer-- war is inevitable and caused by imbalance of power
- politics is guided by necessity and not morals
- human nature is to seek power
/.Hobbes, Leviathan - Answer-- power are motivated by competition, glory, and distrust
- state of nature - each person does as he please
- without hierarchy there is anarchy and given the nature of people this will be a state of
war
- establishment of a social contract and civil society
- sovereign authority to whom all people in society cede some of their rights for the sake
of protection
/.Machiavelli, The Prince - Answer-- the ruler is responsible for the survival of the state
- morality does not apply to the state
- the leader can justify using immoral means to achieve his objectives
- the book also promotes the idea of alliances and various offensive and defensive
strategies to protect the state
/.Founder of Classical Realism - Answer-Hans Morgantheu - wrote Politics Among
Nations
/.Classical Realism - Answer-Theory of international affairs which relies on a realistic
international approach to observing states actions.
States are interested in amassing as much power as possible, and are constantly trying
to acquire power.
, War is a natural part of system because it connects the nature of human being and self.
And the only way to stop war is to prepare for war. (because you will never appear
vulnerable and always ready to defend yourself)
/.realism - Answer-- states are the most important actors in the system
- states exist in anarchy
- key goals of states: security and survival
- power as the dominant currency of IR
- states are rational unitary actors
- states have conflicting intersts
- the importance of military power
/.Bandwagoning - Answer-joining the stronger alliance of states, in the hope of sharing
the spoils of victory
1. when weak states are located next to powerful states
2. in the absence of available allies
3. when the strong state appears to be appeasable
4. near the end of a war when the winner is virtually certain
/.essentials of realism - Answer-- history: a long history
- primary unit: the state
- character of the unit: unitary rational actor
- character of the system: anarchic, struggle for power
- goal: increase power/survival
- role of military force: extremely important
- policy recommendation: alliances and defense spending
- view of morality: irrelevant
/.Realism as a response to US Idealism - Answer-Realism was a response to the US
Idealism post WWI by Woodrow Wilson.
Realists believed that the idealistic nature of communication, diplomacy, and
cooperation did were not the critical factors contributing to stability.
/.Pursuit of Power (Realpolitik) - Answer-The pursuit of power within the international
arena for one's own gain.
/.Structural Realism - founder, what it is, and how it came about (Neo-Realism) -
Answer-Kenneth Waltz - author of Theory of International Politics
1. states are like firms in the free market, their goal is survival
2. the nature of the system is anarchic - a constant
3. the only variable - the distribution of capabilities
/.the effects of anarchy - Answer-1. self help - cannot rely on others
2. uncertainty - conflict is always possible
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/. State - Answer-(country or nation-state) The largest actor in the international system.
Independent and legitimate entity defined by its territorial border with sovereign power
to conduct its own affairs
exercising sovereign power over geographic area
/.Sovereignty - Answer-a situation where the state possesses legal authority and can
determine policy within its borders by its own authority; it doesn't fall under the authority
of any other power.
Sovereign states enjoy membership in the international political community
refers to the independent authority of the state over a territory and the population that
reside within it
/.nation - Answer-"a collective united by shared cultural features (history, language,
myths, values, etc) and the belief in the right to territorial self-determination
/.traditional legitimacy - Answer-- based on habit and custom over time, stressing history
- monarchy - jordan
/.charismatic legitimacy - Answer-- based on the force of ideas and the presence of the
leader
- revolutionary hero - lenin
/.rational-legal legitimacy - Answer-- based on rules and procedures and the office that
create and enforce those rules
- elected official
/.natural sources of power - Answer-- geographic position and size
- population
/.tangible sources of power - Answer-industrial development, level of infrastructure,
characteristics of military
/.soft power - Answer-- subtle form of influence over the values held by other states
- exercise influence through attraction
- sources of soft power: cultural attraction, political values, foreign policies
,/.the art of diplomacy - Answer-- the art of negotiations
- taking a specific action or refraining from action
- requires credible parties with believable statements, likely positions, and ability to back
up positions with action
/.use of force - compellence - Answer-forcing a state to do something it is not doing or to
stop doing something it is doing, often using threats or direct actions - example: first gulf
war
/.use of force - deterrence - Answer-- threatening to use of force against an action not
yet taken desired by another state - example: cold war
/.FAMOUS REALIST - Answer-Thucydides
Niccolo Machiavelli
Thomas Hobbes
Carl Von Clausewitz
/.Thucydides - Answer-- war is inevitable and caused by imbalance of power
- politics is guided by necessity and not morals
- human nature is to seek power
/.Hobbes, Leviathan - Answer-- power are motivated by competition, glory, and distrust
- state of nature - each person does as he please
- without hierarchy there is anarchy and given the nature of people this will be a state of
war
- establishment of a social contract and civil society
- sovereign authority to whom all people in society cede some of their rights for the sake
of protection
/.Machiavelli, The Prince - Answer-- the ruler is responsible for the survival of the state
- morality does not apply to the state
- the leader can justify using immoral means to achieve his objectives
- the book also promotes the idea of alliances and various offensive and defensive
strategies to protect the state
/.Founder of Classical Realism - Answer-Hans Morgantheu - wrote Politics Among
Nations
/.Classical Realism - Answer-Theory of international affairs which relies on a realistic
international approach to observing states actions.
States are interested in amassing as much power as possible, and are constantly trying
to acquire power.
, War is a natural part of system because it connects the nature of human being and self.
And the only way to stop war is to prepare for war. (because you will never appear
vulnerable and always ready to defend yourself)
/.realism - Answer-- states are the most important actors in the system
- states exist in anarchy
- key goals of states: security and survival
- power as the dominant currency of IR
- states are rational unitary actors
- states have conflicting intersts
- the importance of military power
/.Bandwagoning - Answer-joining the stronger alliance of states, in the hope of sharing
the spoils of victory
1. when weak states are located next to powerful states
2. in the absence of available allies
3. when the strong state appears to be appeasable
4. near the end of a war when the winner is virtually certain
/.essentials of realism - Answer-- history: a long history
- primary unit: the state
- character of the unit: unitary rational actor
- character of the system: anarchic, struggle for power
- goal: increase power/survival
- role of military force: extremely important
- policy recommendation: alliances and defense spending
- view of morality: irrelevant
/.Realism as a response to US Idealism - Answer-Realism was a response to the US
Idealism post WWI by Woodrow Wilson.
Realists believed that the idealistic nature of communication, diplomacy, and
cooperation did were not the critical factors contributing to stability.
/.Pursuit of Power (Realpolitik) - Answer-The pursuit of power within the international
arena for one's own gain.
/.Structural Realism - founder, what it is, and how it came about (Neo-Realism) -
Answer-Kenneth Waltz - author of Theory of International Politics
1. states are like firms in the free market, their goal is survival
2. the nature of the system is anarchic - a constant
3. the only variable - the distribution of capabilities
/.the effects of anarchy - Answer-1. self help - cannot rely on others
2. uncertainty - conflict is always possible
