Exam 8: The Pursuit of Power Through Arms and Alliances

What percentage of the world's military expenditures were the 29 members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization responsible for?

Which behavior is strictly outlawed in international law?

What aspect of power might explain why seemingly weak countries have at times been successful at fighting against much more powerful adversaries?

Which states dominate the arms export market, supplying 36 and 21 percent of all conventional weapons exports, respectively, between 2014 and 2018?

The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty seeks to prevent horizontal proliferation of nuclear weapons. Many countries reject the NPT as hypocritical as it denies them the same rights and capabilities that are afforded to the United States, Russia, China, Britain, and France. Analyze this argument. How can countries justify denying other countries nuclear weapons while they have no intention of giving up their own?

The term for attacks on an adversary's telecommunications and computer networks with the purpose of degrading an enemy's defense capabilities is known as which of the following?

What does a country engage in when it displays its military force to intimidate an adversary?

What did President Bush advocate for when he argued that the United States "must take the battle to the enemy" and "confront the worst threats before they emerge"?

Which of the following concepts describes a country's psychological freedom from fears that the state will be unable to resist threats to its survival and national values emanating from abroad or at home?

Which military alliance was created by the United States and Western Europe to deter a Soviet attack?

Which weapons are sometimes called a "poor man's atomic bomb"?

The balance of power is, perhaps, the most well-known theory of international relations. What are its core tenets and why is it desirable?

What school of thought argues that the drive for power and the domination of others for self-advantage is a universal and permanent motive throughout world history?

What is the common criticism of the use of private military companies in warfare?

What is the goal of coercive diplomacy?

What is required for deterrence to be successful?

Compare old trends versus the new trends in military spending. How has military spending changed over time? What are the consequences?

Biological and chemical weapons share which of the following characteristics?

Which preventive strategy is designed to dissuade an adversary from doing what it would otherwise do?

Which of the following is an example of an indirect intervention?