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What major European treaty added defence and security cooperation to the competencies of the IGO?

  • European Security and Defence Policy
  • Treaty of Rome
  • Maastricht Treaty (correct)
  • Saint-Malo Declaration

Which regional institution was heralded by the 1998 Saint-Malo Declaration for closer defence cooperation between France and Britain?

  • CIS
  • GCC
  • AU (correct)
  • LAS

In terms of security cooperation, which policy area lags far behind others decided in Brussels?

  • Common Foreign and Security Policy (correct)
  • Maastricht Treaty
  • European Security and Defence Policy
  • European Communities

What reason is NOT given in the text for the establishment of regional institutions with a security component?

<p>Desire for regional trade agreements (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which organization is mentioned in the text as a notable regional institution with a security-based component?

<p>SCO (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which treaty set up the European Communities WITHOUT including defence or security cooperation in its competencies?

<p>Treaty of Rome (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the two main forms in which alliances usually come, according to the text?

<p>Purpose-based and Regionally-contained (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which six European powers accounted for one-quarter of all alliance memberships since 1815?

<p>Italy, France, Austria-Hungary, UK, Russia/Soviet Union, Germany (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one reason states enter into alliances according to the text?

<p>For power projection purposes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text suggest is a critique of alliances?

<p>Resulting in loss of sovereignty (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the purpose of the Concert of Europe alliance?

<p>To prevent the growth of another European power (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Mearsheimer (1990), what makes an organization more cohesive?

<p>A common enemy and a greater threat (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary purpose of forming NATO, according to Lord Hastings Ismay?

<p>To keep the Americans in, the Germans down, and the Russians out (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which military alliance was formed by the Soviet Union in response to NATO?

<p>Warsaw Pact (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did France withdraw from NATO's military structures in the 1960s?

<p>To maintain their own independent defence policy (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the reason for NATO's thriving post-Cold War, according to the text?

<p>To secure protection against future Russian aggression (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which countries were among the first to join NATO after the end of the Cold War?

<p>Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which concept did NATO use to justify its expansion by admitting former Soviet-bloc countries?

<p>'Democracy Promotion' (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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