Question

8.

In the anarchical international system of states, major powers have the incentive to bandwagon other major powers, while small states have the incentive to balance the power and threats posed by major powers.

True

False

13.

Hegemonic transition theory predicts that war will be less likely when the main superpower is in decline and a rival superpower is aspiring to become the main superpower.

True

False

15.

The Classical European Balance of Power System of the 1800s required diplomacy and the formation of external alliances between governments as a way to avoid wars between great powers.

True

False

18. Every September, world leaders meet in NYC at the General Assembly of the United Nations to engage in diplomacy to address (and potentially solve) problems in world politics.

True

False

19. The security dilemma predicts that states will react to threats from other states by doing nothing because of the fear that a response would provoke a war.

True

False

22.

The idea of collective security originated in the Treaty of Versailles and implied that each member of the League of Nations had a legal obligation to treat a threat to one state as a threat to itself and all other member states.

True

24.

Countries can balance the power of their enemies through internal military and economic development and external military alliances.

True

False

25.

All nations of the world have a state of their own because of the principle of self-determination.

True

False

33.

Asymmetric warfare is when two governments have unequal military capabilities that results in the use of unconventional methods of warfare. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is an example of an asymmetric war.

True

False

32.

Hard power involves the ability to influence others through the attractiveness of one’s culture, values or ideas.

True

False

Answer 1

8) True

( They do so because anarchial international system forces states to seek security.)

13)False

( When a new power challenges the existing one, there will be a potential power transition war.)

15) True

( Balance of power diplomacy almost created a period of relative peace in Europe (1815-1914))

18) True

( For just one September week each year, UN general assembly brings leaders from around the world to Manhattan to discuss key issues on global scale.)