Exam 12: National Security and Insecurity

Which of the following is chiefly credited with creating and confirming the end of Cold War?

Which of the following is the most accepted element of security?

Which attempt to ban weapons provides the least support for the potential of disarmament?

A state that is utilizing the bandwagoning approach to security would ________.

Can deterrence work in the post-Cold War world? Specifically, is deterrence an effective security strategy when dealing with rogue states? What about terrorists? Why or why not? What evidence exists to support your claims?

Which security strategy or strategies is/are heavily dependent on the assumption that all governments will act rationally and as a result of a cost-benefit calculation?

Hegemony and bandwagoning are contradictory approaches to security.

How is technology related to national security? Discuss how a state's success at employing the four strategies relates to the type and level of military technology at its disposal.

Can any of the strategies work alone? How do they work better in combination? Discuss some possible combinations of these strategies with suitable examples.

When more states started acquiring nuclear weapons, it triggered proliferation.

Proponents of national missile defense argue that ________.

According to the text, which of the following is NOT a basic strategy for national security?

States pursue only two strategies to achieve security: defense and deterrence.

A deterrent capability can never lead to a war.

Detente diplomacy is successful when common interests are far less than conflictual interests.

What are the four ways that states ensure their security? Describe each and provide examples. Must all of these strategies be utilized simultaneously or are they sufficient on their own or in different combinations?

Which of the following concepts closely relates to deterrence?

Defense is the most viable security strategy for dealing with terrorist threats.

If you fundamentally believed that disarmament could prevent war, then you would believe that war is a learned, rather than natural, behavior.

How is the United States currently pursuing national security? Which of the four strategies, or what combination of the four, are currently the center of American foreign policy? Has there been a shift from the Bush 43 administration to the Obama administration? Make sure that you reference at least four interactions with at least three different countries when formulating your answer.