INS 3003 exam 1 FSU questions with
complete solutions 2025/2026
civil war - ANS ✔✔a war between citizens of the same country.
cold war - ANS ✔✔a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats,
propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular.
proxy war - ANS ✔✔A war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate
non-member observer state - ANS ✔✔have the right to speak at the United Nation General
Assembly meetings, but not to vote on resolutions
Non-State entity - ANS ✔✔Organizations with sufficient power to influence and cause change
even though they do not belong to any established institution of a state
nation-state - ANS ✔✔a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous
in factors such as language or common descent.
unitary actor - ANS ✔✔An assumption that treats states as a single entity that tries to maximize
national interest, broadly defined.
founder of classical realism - ANS ✔✔hans morgenthau (politics among nations in 1948)
pursuit of power - ANS ✔✔realpolitik
,founder of neo-realism - ANS ✔✔kenneth waltz
assumptions - ANS ✔✔1. staters are rational unitary actors
2. states seek security
3. anarchy
balance of power - ANS ✔✔1. alliances
2. bandwagoning
3. balancing
Balance of power definition - ANS ✔✔gobal configuration that creates peace
Uni-Polarity - ANS ✔✔hegemonic stability theory argues that Uni-polarity is so powerful that no
one else tries on major power, 1 hegeon
realists don't like this
Bi-polartity - ANS ✔✔balance of power if two powers offset each other with rational decision
making
- neorealists prefer
- ex: cold war
Multi-Polarity - ANS ✔✔moving towards multiple poles of power
-classic realists prefer
-takes focus off single or two states
-most realists dont like becaus theres too much room for shifting and miscalculation (unstable)
relative gains vs absolute gains - ANS ✔✔-relative gains= 0 sum
, -absolute gains= non-zero sum
relative gains - ANS ✔✔state doesn't share with others, seeks opportunity to enhance position
sum of other state to be zero
- im gaining while youre losing
-zero sum
• Are what I gain over you
• What I gain at your expense
• Realists promote relative gains
o If I am gaining over you, I am gaining and I am able to protect myself because of it
• Someone ends up with zero
absolute gains - ANS ✔✔all gain, some more than others, nobody ends up with zero
share, provide something
non-zero sum
• What we see when we are cooperating
• Nobody ends up with zero
• Everyone ends up with something
• For those who promote this, believe in cooperation
o By working together everyone gains something
• Realists are concerned
o If there is cooperation, states are getting stronger
complete solutions 2025/2026
civil war - ANS ✔✔a war between citizens of the same country.
cold war - ANS ✔✔a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats,
propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular.
proxy war - ANS ✔✔A war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate
non-member observer state - ANS ✔✔have the right to speak at the United Nation General
Assembly meetings, but not to vote on resolutions
Non-State entity - ANS ✔✔Organizations with sufficient power to influence and cause change
even though they do not belong to any established institution of a state
nation-state - ANS ✔✔a sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous
in factors such as language or common descent.
unitary actor - ANS ✔✔An assumption that treats states as a single entity that tries to maximize
national interest, broadly defined.
founder of classical realism - ANS ✔✔hans morgenthau (politics among nations in 1948)
pursuit of power - ANS ✔✔realpolitik
,founder of neo-realism - ANS ✔✔kenneth waltz
assumptions - ANS ✔✔1. staters are rational unitary actors
2. states seek security
3. anarchy
balance of power - ANS ✔✔1. alliances
2. bandwagoning
3. balancing
Balance of power definition - ANS ✔✔gobal configuration that creates peace
Uni-Polarity - ANS ✔✔hegemonic stability theory argues that Uni-polarity is so powerful that no
one else tries on major power, 1 hegeon
realists don't like this
Bi-polartity - ANS ✔✔balance of power if two powers offset each other with rational decision
making
- neorealists prefer
- ex: cold war
Multi-Polarity - ANS ✔✔moving towards multiple poles of power
-classic realists prefer
-takes focus off single or two states
-most realists dont like becaus theres too much room for shifting and miscalculation (unstable)
relative gains vs absolute gains - ANS ✔✔-relative gains= 0 sum
, -absolute gains= non-zero sum
relative gains - ANS ✔✔state doesn't share with others, seeks opportunity to enhance position
sum of other state to be zero
- im gaining while youre losing
-zero sum
• Are what I gain over you
• What I gain at your expense
• Realists promote relative gains
o If I am gaining over you, I am gaining and I am able to protect myself because of it
• Someone ends up with zero
absolute gains - ANS ✔✔all gain, some more than others, nobody ends up with zero
share, provide something
non-zero sum
• What we see when we are cooperating
• Nobody ends up with zero
• Everyone ends up with something
• For those who promote this, believe in cooperation
o By working together everyone gains something
• Realists are concerned
o If there is cooperation, states are getting stronger
