Deck 11: European Security and Foreign Policy

Question 1

The Common Foreign and Security Policy was established by the

A) Treaty of Rome.
B) Maastricht Treaty.
C) Nice Treaty.
D) Amsterdam Treaty.
E) Lisbon Treaty.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The military component of the EU is known as

A) NATO.
B) CSCE.
C) Schengen Agreement.
D) OSCE.
E) West European Union.

Answer 2

E

Question 3

The crisis in Yugoslavia showed

A) the Common Foreign and Security Policy worked well.
B) NATO no longer has relevance.
C) European countries have divergent foreign policy interests.
D) the effectiveness of UN peacekeepers.
E) "soft power" can be used to prevent a war.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The Common Foreign and Security Policy mostly operates on principles of

A) subsidiarity.
B) supranationalism.
C) "community" decision making.
D) qualified-majority voting.
E) inter-governmentalism.

Question 5

The High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy is

A) Herman Van Rompuy.
B) Jacques Delors.
C) Tony Blair.
D) Catherine Ashton.
E) José Manuel Barroso.

Question 6

Unlike the EU, NATO

A) is headquartered in London.
B) has yet to expand to Eastern Europe.
C) includes Russia as a member.
D) is a "trans-Atlantic" organization.
E) has never been on a military mission outside of Europe.

Question 7

The OSCE

A) is part of the EU.
B) is separate from the EU, but is also a supranational organization.
C) has more military capability than the EU.
D) relies upon various forms of "soft power."
E) has led European peacekeeping efforts in Afghanistan.

Question 8

Kosovo declared independence from

A) Croatia.
B) Serbia.
C) Bosnia.
D) Albania.
E) Montenegro.

Question 9

Kosovo independence has not been recognized by all EU members because

A) some states are strong allies of Serbia.
B) Kosovo is not a democratic country.
C) some EU members are nervous about their own separatist movements.
D) Kosovo attacked Greece, an EU member.
E) it has refused to hand over wanted war criminals.

Question 10

Robert Kagan's essential point is

A) Europe is destined to become a superpower.
B) Europe and the United States have fundamentally different views of the world.
C) Europe will fail to unify.
D) America is destined to decline as a world power.
E) the rise of China will bring the United States and Europe closer together.

Question 11

Europeans have raised objections to the U.S. conduct in the "war on terror" for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

A) allegations of torture by U.S. personnel.
B) detention and imprisonment of European citizens.
C) the United States relies too much on "hard power."
D) many Europeans thought the United States should not invade Iraq.
E) Europeans believe that one should negotiate with al Qaeda.

Question 12

The July 2005 bombings in London were particularly disturbing because

A) they killed more people than any other terror attack in Europe.
B) British police cooperated with the bombers.
C) the bombers were all British citizens.
D) they were an attempt to influence the British elections.
E) they targeted government officials.

Question 13

A country with most-favored nation status

A) is a country that is likely to become a member of the EU.
B) is a country that has a special arrangement with the EU that no one country has.
C) cannot be discriminated against in a trade relationship.
D) is the EU's largest trading partner.
E) is well-regarded by European publics.

Question 14

How do American and European foreign aid programs differ?

A) The United States is more generous.
B) The United States gives more to countries of "strategic" value.
C) Europe directs more of its money to the Middle East than the United States does.
D) Europe pays little attention to human rights issues.
E) Europe directs little of its money to Africa.

Question 15

What EU policy is criticized for being at odds with its aim to help the developing world?

A) CAP
B) Subsidiary
C) The Schengen Agreement
D) The Contonou Agreement
E) Inter-governmentalism

Question 16

All of the following are true about the Kyoto Protocol EXCEPT

A) its signing was hailed as a victory by many European states.
B) it has been rejected by Angela Merkel in Germany.
C) the United States did not ratify it.
D) European states have had trouble meeting commitments under its terms.
E) it will expire in 2012.

Question 17

The future of more ambitious environmental programs is uncertain because

A) leaders skeptical of global warming have been recently elected in Europe.
B) many in Europe worry about their economic impact in light of the 2008-2010 economic crisis.
C) EU efforts to enforce strict environmental standards have been overturned by national courts.
D) oil producing countries in Europe will veto any such programs.
E) of EU expansion in the 2000s.

Question 18

EU democratization programs

A) have been nearly universally successful.
B) have been nearly universal failures.
C) have had mixed success.
D) fit in well with the EU commercial interests.
E) are limited to countries that might join the EU.

Question 19

European-Russian relations

A) have an important trade component.
B) have improved in the 2000s after Putin came to power.
C) are affected by border disputes between Russia and EU members.
D) were improved by Ukraine's "Orange Revolution."
E) favor European states because they are richer than Russia.

Question 20

In the post-Soviet space

A) the EU has plans to expand to Georgia and Ukraine.
B) there are disputes between the EU and Russia.
C) Russia is working with the EU to spread democracy.
D) the EU engages in very little trade.
E) the EU has already expanded to include Ukraine.

Question 21

The Barcelona Process is

A) an initiative to revive the Spanish economy.
B) a program of cooperation between the EU and Middle Eastern states.
C) a program of Catalonian separatism.
D) a plan to build pipelines across Europe.
E) a plan to reduce trade barriers with the developing world.

Question 22

The European Neighborhood Policy includes

A) Ukraine and Lebanon.
B) Russia and Israel.
C) Turkey and Lebanon.
D) Estonia and Russia.
E) Serbia and Albania.

Question 23

The EU is most active in trying to spread its model of integration in

A) the post-Soviet area.
B) Africa.
C) Latin America.
D) Asia.
E) the Middle East.

Question 24

The creation of the International Criminal Court shows

A) Europe is committed to unilateralism.
B) the United States and Europe often work together on international issues
C) Europe's use of soft power.
D) how EU law has spread to other states.
E) how subsidiary is accepted as an international norm.

Question 25

Sources of friction in United States-European economic ties include all of the following EXCEPT

A) agricultural subsidies.
B) U.S. tariffs on steel imports.
C) subsidies for companies like Boeing and Airbus.
D) Europe's anxiety over its trade deficit with the United States.
E) EU actions against U.S. companies for unfair competition.

Question 26

Under the Common Foreign and Security Policy, the EU has a seat on the UN Security Council.

Question 27

The EU has conducted numerous peacekeeping missions in Africa.

Question 28

European countries have not contributed troops to the war in Afghanistan.

Question 29

The EU has special trade relationships with countries in the developing world.

Question 30

The United States gives more foreign assistance than EU countries.

Question 31

China is the EU's largest trading partner.

Question 32

Environmentalism has become part of European identity.

Question 33

The EU has a trade surplus with the United States.

Question 34

The European Neighborhood Policy is the next step in EU expansion.

Question 35

Foreign policy is an area where the EU has seen less integration than on economic issues.

Question 36

Thinking about how both the world and the EU might evolve, do you foresee the EU becoming more successful in creating a common foreign policy and its own defense forces? Why/why not?

Question 37

Why is Europe keen to promote multilateralism and why is the United States often resistant to it?

Question 38

How strong is the EU's commitment to promote democracy outside its borders? When its democratization agenda comes into conflict with other goals, what policy prevails?

Question 39

Pick a country that has been the subject of EU efforts to promote democracy. Have EU efforts paid off? Why/why not?

Question 40

How true do you think the claim is that on the world stage Europe is defining itself by its commitment to environmentalism? Among various policies and aspects of the EU, is environmentalism really that important?