Exam 2: How to Think About International Relations: Perspectives, Levels of Analysis, and Causal Arrows

Arguing that North Korea, like other absolute dictatorships, is dangerous is an example of an argument from the ______ level of analysis.

According to the liberal perspective, three factors change the prisoner's dilemma to a more cooperative game: interactions or communications, common goals, and technological change.

According to the identity perspective, the ______ operates at the systemic level of analysis and determines whether states will treat each other as friends, rivals, or enemies.

The situation that results when one state arms to defend itself and, as a result, threatens other states is called ______.

The ______ perspective describes the prisoner's dilemma as a zero-sum game, where one actor will gain and the other loses.

What term describes the number of great powers in the international system?

Thinking through a realist lens, which of the following factors is important in international relations??

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. In addition to theories that concern the construction of identities, the identity perspective includes which of the following types of theories?

Kenneth Waltz and John Mearsheimer argue that ______ worlds are the most stable because two bigger powers have only each other to worry about.

In non-zero-sum games, both sides will always gain equally.

______ refers to the idea that in an anarchic international system, there is no higher authority above states, either at home or abroad.

Defense is the use of threatened force to deter an attack before it occurs.

Aligning to ensure that no one state dominates the international system is called ______, while aligning with (not against) the greatest power is known as ______.

As emphasized by the identity perspective, the phrase "anarchy is what states make of it" refers to the idea that state behavior is shaped by which of the following?

Why is the foreign policy level of analysis called a two-level game?

The ______ refers to a phenomenon whereby as countries become stronger and stronger democracies, they tend not to go to war with one another or engage in military threats.

______ describes the substance of a cause in an explanation of an international outcome.

To argue that Poland has been frequently attacked because it sits in the middle of the European plains is to argue for the importance of ______.

Interdependence refers to ______.

According to the liberal perspective, which of the following is true about institutions?