30 Questions
What is the core idea that International Relations is rooted in?
Human nature, power, national interest, and state survival
According to Morgenthau, what are the three basic patterns of struggle for power among states?
Maintaining power, increasing power, and demonstrating power
Which thinker is associated with the idea that international relations is driven by an endless struggle for power rooted in human nature?
Thucydides
What does political realism emphasize about the relationship between principles and policies?
Principles are subordinated to policies
According to Morgenthau, what is the ultimate skill of a state leader in international relations?
Adapting to changing power configurations
In Morgenthau's classical Realism, what concept do we use to understand international relations?
Interest defined in terms of power
What is the main logic behind the national interest of states according to the text?
Ensuring survival and security
What behavior is central to conceptions of the national interest and alliance policy?
Balance of power behavior
What is the opposite concept of 'balance of power' according to the text?
Bandwagoning
According to realists, how do they conceive balance of power in state behavior?
As an automatic tendency
How do politicians typically use the concept of national interest when seeking support for a course of action?
To defend the nation-state within an international system
What is the reason behind states joining together to oppose interventionist centers of power according to the text?
To protect their sovereignty
What is a key difference between realism and liberalism with regards to international relations?
Realism emphasizes national interest, while liberalism recognizes multiple important values.
How does liberalism view the potential for human progress, according to the text?
It lies in modern civil society and the capitalist economy.
What do liberals believe is necessary to compromise for collective action purposes?
Individual liberty of the state.
How do realists and liberals differ in explaining the occurrence of war?
Realists identify anarchy as the cause of war, while liberals do not.
What do all states have accorded to them despite their differences?
'Natural' rights like non-interference in their domestic affairs.
How do liberals view relations between liberal states?
Collaborative and cooperative.
What does the Marxist Base-Superstructure model refer to?
Relations between means and relations of production
According to Marx, what determines one's position in the social class hierarchy?
Control over the means of production
Who did Marx believe should lead a workers' revolution?
Proletarians
What did Marx believe was the solution to poverty in a world of wealth?
Communism
Which group did Marx refer to as having 'nothing to lose but their chains'?
Proletarians
'The wealthy would be the individuals who owned the land and factories...' Which concept does this statement closely relate to?
Economic Base
Which term is used when discussing neo-realism to describe states seeking power expansion?
Offensive realism
Which variant of Liberalism advocates free trade and trade liberalization?
Commercial liberalism
According to Republican liberalism, what makes democratic states less likely to go to war with their democratic neighbors?
Democratic peace theory
What concept is central to Sociological Liberalism?
Transnational civil society
Which Liberalism variant emphasizes functional integration, regionalism, and global governance?
Liberal institutionalism
What do Defensive realists recognize according to the text?
Costs of war
Explore the concept of balance of power theory in international relations, where states prioritize survival and security due to the anarchic structure of the international system. Learn how states form alliances to counter interventionist powers threatening their sovereignty.
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