Deck 15: International and Global Security

Question 1

For much of the cold war period, most writing on the subject of security was dominated by the idea of national security.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

There is widespread agreement among writers that globalization and geopolitics are incompatible and that geopolitics is no longer important in an era of globalization.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Critical theorists argue that states can be providers of security, but states can also be a source of threat to their own people, and are therefore often a part of the problem of insecurity in the international system.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The security dilemma emerges out of a lack of trust among states, and is consequently judged to be the essential source of conflict between states according to some.

Question 5

Critical security theorists generally argue that most approaches do not give enough emphasis to the state.

Question 6

Until recently, what was the main area of interest for both academics and statespeople regarding security?

A) Anarchy
B) Military capabilities
C) Sovereignty
D) Self-help doctrine

Question 7

Traditional ideas about geopolitics originate from the writings of such people as…

A)E. H. Carr and Hans Morgenthau
B) Amartya Sen and Mahbub al Haq
C) Harold Mackinder and Nicholas Spykman
D) Kenneth Waltz and John Mearsheimer

Question 8

In debates about security, what is traditionally the primary actor in international relations?

A) Anarchy
B) The state
C) Structures
D) Institutions

Question 9

Similar to the human security approach, feminist writers also challenge the traditional emphasis on the central role of the state in studies of international security.

Question 10

Which branch of international relations theory allows for more cooperation between states when it comes to security?

A) Liberal institutionalism.
B) Neorealism
C) Neo-classical realism
D) None of the given answers are correct.

Question 11

According to Richard Falk, 'Old Geopolitics' is West-centric and remains embedded, especially in Western thinking, while 'New Geopolitics'…

A) Rests on military power.
B) Rests more on the importance of soft power.
C) Cannot account for the rise in importance of a wide variety of non-state actors.
D) Has been proven irrelevant by the collapse of colonialism.

Question 12

'Human security' includes which of the following areas?

A) Poverty
B) Disease
C) Environmental degradation
D) All of the answers given are correct.

Question 13

Which two approaches operate largely within the same framework with regards to national security?

A) Realism and liberal institutionalism.
B) Constructivism and liberal institutionalism.
C) Neorealism and constructivism.
D) Poststructuralism and neoliberalism.

Question 14

Human security is a contested concept for all of the following reasons except…

A) Some critics argue that as states have developed, poverty and disease are no longer significant threats.
B) Some critics argue that it widens the boundaries of the meaning of 'security' too much and that it is too vague to have much conceptual value.
C) Some critics believe that the focus on internal conflicts ignores the very dangerous geopolitical changes that are currently taking place in international relations.
D) Some critics argue that it is too moralistic, unattainable, and unrealistic.