International Politics Final Quizzes Latest 2026
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Conflict
A difference in preferred outcomes of a bargaining situation (conflict does not equal war)
leverage
Possessing power capabilities to influence an actor to reach an agreement more favorable to you
Interstate Conflict
A difference in state's preferred outcomes of a bargaining situation
War
Sustained organized violence between two internationally recognized groups
Territorial Conflict
Conflict between states over land ownership and conflict between states over who has the right
to land within an existing state
Irredentism
Conflict over regaining territory previously lost
Border Disputes
Conflict over where official lines of demarcation between two states should be
Militarized Interstate Dispute
,Conflict in which the threat, display, or use of military force short of war by one state is directed
towards the government, official representatives, official forces, property, or territory of another
state
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Weapons with the capacity to inflict destruction at great scale and indiscriminately
Deterrence
The policy of persuading an adversary, through the treat of military action, that the cost of an
action will outweigh the benefits
Madman Theory
The appearance of irrationality makes otherwise non-credible threats seem credible. For instance,
in an era of mutually assured destruction, threats by a rational leader to escalate a dispute may
seem suicidal and thus easily dismissible by adversaries
Intrastate Conflict
Difference in domestic actors preferred outcomes of a bargaining situation
Secessionism
Efforts by a domestic group to withdraw from an existing state (and take territory with them)
International Institutions
Relatively stable sets of related constitutive, regulative, and procedural norms and rules that
pertain to the international system, the actors in the system, and their activities
International law/treaties
, International legal codes that set boundaries for state behavior
Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs)
Formal international organizations (IOs) which have: (1) state members and (2) a permanent
secretariate
International Regime
Principles rules, norms, and decision-making procedures around which actors' expectations
converge in a given issue area
International Organization
A formal arrangement transcending national boundaries that provides for the establishment of
institutional cooperation among members in the security, economic, social, and related fields
UN Secretary general
Position that oversees the UN Secretariat: the UN's executive office they inform the UNSC of
any matter which threatens the peace, make appointments to UN posts, and oversee
peacekeeping missions
UN Security Council
The UN's most powerful component: responsible for peace and security. They authorizes UN
sanctions and authorizes use of force via peacekeepers
UN General Assembly
The UN's deliberative, policymaking, and representative component, Members: every state in the
world
With Answers
Conflict
A difference in preferred outcomes of a bargaining situation (conflict does not equal war)
leverage
Possessing power capabilities to influence an actor to reach an agreement more favorable to you
Interstate Conflict
A difference in state's preferred outcomes of a bargaining situation
War
Sustained organized violence between two internationally recognized groups
Territorial Conflict
Conflict between states over land ownership and conflict between states over who has the right
to land within an existing state
Irredentism
Conflict over regaining territory previously lost
Border Disputes
Conflict over where official lines of demarcation between two states should be
Militarized Interstate Dispute
,Conflict in which the threat, display, or use of military force short of war by one state is directed
towards the government, official representatives, official forces, property, or territory of another
state
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Weapons with the capacity to inflict destruction at great scale and indiscriminately
Deterrence
The policy of persuading an adversary, through the treat of military action, that the cost of an
action will outweigh the benefits
Madman Theory
The appearance of irrationality makes otherwise non-credible threats seem credible. For instance,
in an era of mutually assured destruction, threats by a rational leader to escalate a dispute may
seem suicidal and thus easily dismissible by adversaries
Intrastate Conflict
Difference in domestic actors preferred outcomes of a bargaining situation
Secessionism
Efforts by a domestic group to withdraw from an existing state (and take territory with them)
International Institutions
Relatively stable sets of related constitutive, regulative, and procedural norms and rules that
pertain to the international system, the actors in the system, and their activities
International law/treaties
, International legal codes that set boundaries for state behavior
Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs)
Formal international organizations (IOs) which have: (1) state members and (2) a permanent
secretariate
International Regime
Principles rules, norms, and decision-making procedures around which actors' expectations
converge in a given issue area
International Organization
A formal arrangement transcending national boundaries that provides for the establishment of
institutional cooperation among members in the security, economic, social, and related fields
UN Secretary general
Position that oversees the UN Secretariat: the UN's executive office they inform the UNSC of
any matter which threatens the peace, make appointments to UN posts, and oversee
peacekeeping missions
UN Security Council
The UN's most powerful component: responsible for peace and security. They authorizes UN
sanctions and authorizes use of force via peacekeepers
UN General Assembly
The UN's deliberative, policymaking, and representative component, Members: every state in the
world
