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Review Sheet, Third Midterm Exam, GOV 312L: U.S. Foreign Policy Tuesday, April 5: Module 18: Great Power Politics II: Unipolarity and US-China Relations 1. What is hegemonic stability theory and how does it relate to the provision of public goods and the free rider problem in international relations? • having one global hegemony = globalization (international trade), peace • since 1945—US as international hegemon • equal power (demonstrated in interwar period: Germany, SU, US...

Review Sheet, Second Midterm Exam, GOV 312L: U.S. Foreign Policy Module 8: Violence and the International Political Order 1. What is politics (as defined in lecture)? What are the two central components of this definition? a) Use of authority to allocate scarce resources; coordinate social behavior b) Authority- direct behaviors of others; relies on coercion and legitimacy c) Allocation- competition/ social conflict; there are not enough resources for everyone to get something which...

Review Sheet, First Midterm Exam, GOV 312L: U.S. Foreign Policy Module 1: The US Foreign Policy Apparatus and the National Interest 1. What is foreign policy? What are the aspects of foreign policy? What are its targets? What is it designed to influence? • FP is actions (often statements) undertaken by the US federal government directed toward some foreign audience • Targets are private citizens or organizations outside of the US (sometimes statements will be directed to the populat...