Exam 8: The Pursuit of Power Through Arms and Alliances

It has always been the case that the side that spends the most on its military will win a military conflict.

The safeguards built into the non-proliferation regime are adequate to detect and prevent secret nuclear weapons development programs.

Most U.S. arms exports go to democratic countries.

One rule in the balancing process is to remain flexible in making alliances.  Which European country acted as a balancer in European diplomacy from the seventeenth through the early twentieth centuries?

Research shows that some conditions favor the effective use of coercive diplomacy.  Which of the following is NOT one of those conditions?

Which country is the leading global weapons exporter?

Power distribution in the world during the height of the Roman Empire was best described as _____.

Which of the following is used to describe multiple nuclear warheads that are mounted on a single missile but are capable of striking separate targets independently?

Critics of the use of private military companies in warfare might argue that

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

Though state power can be defined in many ways and have many components, realists see _____ as the most important.

The realist school of thought believes that states enter military alliances with one another because of shared history, culture, and values.

Countries that possess military preeminence often think of weapons as instruments in diplomatic bargaining.

Examples of relatively weak military powers that managed to prevail over significantly stronger opponents include

A fundamental international legal principle, now being challenged, that traditionally defined interference by one state in the domestic affairs of another state is illegal is called

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

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) seeks to prevent horizontal proliferation by prohibiting further states from acquiring nuclear weapons.

The condition that results when each state's increase in military capability is matched by the others, resulting in no significant gain in security for any one state is known as

When describing the trade-off between government expenditures on the military versus social welfare and economic programs, the common adage "guns vs. butter" is used. This situation is referring to which of the following concepts?

Horizontal nuclear proliferation is an increase in capabilities of existing nuclear powers.