Exam 9: Causes of War

Which theorists argue that efforts to achieve disarmament and arms control are useful in creating precedents that may promote a future consensus in favor of additional steps to reduce tension?

What is the "scapegoat hypothesis"?

Which of the following arms control treaties restricted development, testing, and deployment of particular weapons?

Which of the following is a research finding about the relationship between democracy and war?

Which US president's policies seemed to reflect democratic peace theory?

Why do balance-of-power advocates believe that relative equality of power among adversaries produces peace?

Which of the following reflects how the global system can affect the behavior of states?

What is meant by the "satellite effect"?

Which of the following does not constitute one of the elements used by Kenneth Waltz to differentiate global systems?

Which of the following reflects a strategy of "soft balancing"?

Why do liberals believe interdependence produces peace?

Which of the following reflects "soft power"?

What do we call the distribution of power among five great powers in a system?

What do we call a strategy in which threats are used to make an adversary alter its behavior?

Which model of foreign policy decision-making focuses on the unit level of analysis?

Which form of deterrence seeks to prevent an attack on its homeland?

According to Waltz, why do states remain "like units" under anarchy?

Which of the following is an example of an intangible capability?

Which model of foreign policy decision-making stresses that leaders do not want to lose what they already have?

What do we call the power to decide how things shall be done, the power to shape frameworks within which states relate to each other?