Deck 11: Us Decline in a Globalized World; The Rise of Human Rights in International Politics

Question 1

The rise of China after 2000 has:

A) Increased stability in East Asia
B) Led states to abandon the US and bandwagon with China
C) Brought renewed US containment
D) Curtailed US military operations in Central Asia

Answer 1

A

Question 2

US non-proliferation negotiations with Iran since 2000 have not been hampered by:

A) The North Korean example
B) US military commitments
C) French opposition in the Security Council
D) Nationalist Iranian determination to retain nuclear energy for peaceful purposes

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Southeast Asian strategies to counter Islamic terrorism have included:

A) Open alignment as Allies in the war on terror
B) Large military surges
C) Disruption of terrorist financial networks
D) Clearly stated refusal to negotiate with terrorists

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following statements about the role of international organizations in armed conflict is true?

A) The Security Council authorized military intervention to democratize Iraq
B) Security Council Resolution authorizing a no-fly zone was utilized to bomb Libya
C) Indian veto halted further Security Council Resolutions in Iraq War
D) NATO conducted the invasion of Iraq in 2003

Question 5

Which statement about Great Power involvement in wars in the 2000s is true?

A) The US participated in air strikes in Libya but refrained from intervening in Syria
B) Chinese alliances with Syria and Libya resulted in veto of Security Council Resolutions relating to both conflicts
C) US pivot to Asia has led to troop surge in Afghanistan and Central Asia
D) Britain and France led air strikes against Libya in 2011 under the leadership of NATO

Question 6

Responsibility to Protect (R2P):

A) Clashes with sovereign right to non-interference
B) Has been inconsistently applied
C) Is only effective against weak transgressor states
D) All of the above

Question 7

The rise of human rights obligations in the late 1940s:

A) Was initially supported by superpowers seeking to shift UN focus away from security
B) Provided newly independent states with real power against the developed world
C) Allowed real enforcement against apartheid regimes
D) Shifted away from group rights to individual rights

Question 8

Which of the following statements about self-determination in the Versailles Treaty is true?

A) Self-determination required a plebiscite in Austria on unification with Germany
B) Self-determination was advocated by Nazi Germany
C) The Versailles Treaty allowed permanent occupation of Palestine
D) Self-determination applied equally to all signatories of the Treaty

Question 9

Prior to 1914, human rights:

A) Emerged where Great Power interests coincided
B) Were framed through consultation with colonial subjects
C) Were not viewed as important enough to override national sovereignty
D) Only covered wartime conduct

Question 10

Détente in the 1970s:

A) Allowed Kissinger to wield human rights as a propaganda tool against the Soviet Union
B) Sought to bracket human rights into separate, parallel discussions alongside disarmament
C) Sought to remove ideology and morality from the conduct of realpolitik
D) Allowed frank discussions on Chinese violations of human rights during the Great Leap Forward