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Theory of international relations

Question 1 of 45

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The 2008 financial crisis can be used to highight:

Select one of the following:

  • The decreasing interconnectedness of internaional politics.

  • The irrelevance of the idea of globalization.

  • The idea that with globalization power increasingly is organised and exercised at a distance from those it affects.

  • the irrelevance of financial institutions in international politics.

Explanation

Question 2 of 45

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Which of the following factors is not considered an 'engine' of globalization?

Select one of the following:

  • Economics

  • Environment

  • Technics (technology)

  • Politics

Explanation

Question 3 of 45

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Which key concept of global politics describes '… the rightful entitlement to exclusive, unqualified, and supreme rule within a delimited territory?'

Select one of the following:

  • Sovereignty

  • The disaggregated strate

  • Independence

  • 'Might is right'

Explanation

Question 4 of 45

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Which term best describes “the collective structures and processes by which ‘interests are articulated and aggregated, decisions are made, values allocated and policies conducted through international or transnational political processes”?

Select one of the following:

  • Cosmopolitan

  • Global politics

  • Raison d'etat

  • Global polity

Explanation

Question 5 of 45

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The Threaty of Westphalia was signed in:

Select one of the following:

  • 1870

  • 1648

  • 1945

  • 1989

Explanation

Question 6 of 45

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The central argument of the chapter is that globalization:

Select one of the following:

  • Is uneven.

  • Veries in its intensity and extensity between different spheres of activity.

  • Reconstructs the world as a shared social space.

  • All of the above.

Explanation

Question 7 of 45

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Globalization can be seen within the military sphere by:

Select one of the following:

  • the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

  • the growth of transnational terrorism.

  • the growing significance of transnational military corporations.

  • all of the above.

Explanation

Question 8 of 45

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The three pillars of the Westphalian Constitution of world politics are:

Select one of the following:

  • life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

  • territoriality, sovereignty, autonomy.

  • independence, autonomy, sovereignty.

  • sovereignty, territoriality, independence.

Explanation

Question 9 of 45

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Political globalization involves webs of:

Select one of the following:

  • non-state actors and corporations.

  • alliance politics.

  • civil society

  • multilateral institutions, policy networks, and transgovernmental cooperation.

Explanation

Question 10 of 45

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What two terms best describe the transition to a post-Westphalian order of global politics?

Select one of the following:

  • International relations to global politics

  • (State centric) geopolitics to (geocentric) global politics

  • Internationalization to globalization

  • Cold war to post-cold war

Explanation

Question 11 of 45

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From which writer is the following line taken: "A society of states…exists when a group of states…form a society in the sense that they conceive themselves to be bound by a common set of rules in their relations with one another, and share in the working of common institutions."?

Select one of the following:

  • Grotius

  • Hedly Bull

  • Machiavelli

Explanation

Question 12 of 45

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Ancient Rome was formally divided into Eastern and Western parts in which year?

Select one of the following:

  • 360 AD

  • 395 AD

  • 300 AD

  • 400 AD

Explanation

Question 13 of 45

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Ancient Greek institutions that approximated international society include:

Select one of the following:

  • amphyctionic Council

  • Arbitration

  • proxenia

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 14 of 45

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The term signifying natural and eternal laws is:

Select one of the following:

  • dharma

  • just war

  • karma

  • the correct order of society

Explanation

Question 15 of 45

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The ancient society to promulgate the idea of ius gentium (law of nations) is:

Select one of the following:

  • China

  • India

  • Rome

  • Greece

Explanation

Question 16 of 45

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Which movement, led by Martin Luther, helped to bring about a secular concept of the state?

Select one of the following:

  • The respublica Christiana

  • The Counter Reformation

  • The Renaissance

  • The Protestant Reformation

Explanation

Question 17 of 45

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What is the core value of international society?

Select one of the following:

  • Political independence

  • Self-determination

  • Sovereign equality

  • Freedom

Explanation

Question 18 of 45

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The statement "the king is emperor in his own kingdom' came from:

Select one of the following:

  • Italy

  • England

  • France

  • Germany

Explanation

Question 19 of 45

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What term best describes the dominance of a particular state in relation to all other states in the international system?

Select one of the following:

  • Empire

  • Hegemon

  • Sovereign

  • Suzereign State

Explanation

Question 20 of 45

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The theorist credited with examining the rights of indigenous peoples but also criticized for implicitly enabling sovereignty-based imperialism was:

Select one of the following:

  • Machiavelli

  • Francisco de Vitoria

  • Vattel

  • Grotius

Explanation

Question 21 of 45

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In which region did the cold war have its origins

Select one of the following:

  • USSR

  • China

  • Europe

  • USA

Explanation

Question 22 of 45

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What war began the era of modern total war?

Select one of the following:

  • British colonial wars in Africa

  • The cold war

  • The First World War

  • The Second World War

Explanation

Question 23 of 45

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What is the term used to describe the retreat from empire throughout most of Asia and Africa after 1945?

Select one of the following:

  • Decolonization

  • 'Wind of change'

  • Retro-imperialism

  • Dénte

Explanation

Question 24 of 45

1

What key policy was associated with the Truman Doctrine?

Select one of the following:

  • Rapprochement

  • Apartheid

  • Containment

  • Decolonization

Explanation

Question 25 of 45

1

What year was the NATO treaty signed?

Select one of the following:

  • 1945

  • 1949

  • 1960

  • 1952

Explanation

Question 26 of 45

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Khrushchev's policy towards the West was a mixture of seeking coexistence and sometimes pursuing:

Select one of the following:

  • nuclear arms superiority

  • economic reforms

  • hegemony

  • confrontation

Explanation

Question 27 of 45

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What was the term used to describe the re-establishment of more friendly relations between China and the US?

Select one of the following:

  • Containment

  • Rapprochement

  • Dénte

  • 'Wind of change'

Explanation

Question 28 of 45

1

In what year did Cuban missile crisis take place?

Select one of the following:

  • 1960

  • 1961

  • 1962

  • 1968

Explanation

Question 29 of 45

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The First World War:

Select one of the following:

  • was characterized by trench warfare and attrition.

  • began to end in November 1918 with allied advances.

  • mobilised whole European societies

  • All of the above

Explanation

Question 30 of 45

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Which treaty in 1968 sought to limit the spread of nuclear weapons?

Select one of the following:

  • SALT 1

  • Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty

  • ABM Treaty

  • START 1

Explanation

Question 31 of 45

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Which author of the choices below is known for describing the paradox of American Power?

Select one of the following:

  • President George H. W: Bush

  • Kenneth Waltz

  • Samual Huntington

  • Cristopher Layne

Explanation

Question 32 of 45

1

What term best describes the balance of power in the post-cold war era?

Select one of the following:

  • Unipolar

  • Bipolar

  • Multipolar

  • Semi-polar

Explanation

Question 33 of 45

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The election of Barack Obama in 2008 occurred during:

Select one of the following:

  • a time of heightened prosperity for the USA

  • a technological revolution.

  • a time of peace in the Middle East.

  • the worst financial crisis faced by the USA since the 1930s.

Explanation

Question 34 of 45

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The European Security and Defence Policy began in which year?

Select one of the following:

  • 1998

  • 1965

  • 1992

  • 1999

Explanation

Question 35 of 45

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The United States chose to go to war in Iraq because:

Select one of the following:

  • of the key role played by British Prime Minister, Tony Blair.

  • Iraq posed a genuine threat to the security of the USA post 9/11

  • the USA was determined to secure control of the regions oil fields.

  • all of the above options are competing explanations behind the USA’s decision to go to war in Iraq.

Explanation

Question 36 of 45

1

Who was Yeltsin’s successor in post-communist Russia?

Select one of the following:

  • Gorbachev

  • Vladimir Putin

  • Dmitri Trenin

  • All of the above

Explanation

Question 37 of 45

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Who termed the US a 'hyperpower'?

Select one of the following:

  • Boris Yeltsin

  • Hubert Vedrine

  • Josef Joffe

  • Jacques Chirac

Explanation

Question 38 of 45

1

September 11th was foreshadowed by:

Select one of the following:

  • the attempted destruction of the World Trade Center (1993).

  • the bombing of US embassies in Africa (1998

  • the bombing of the USS Cole (2000).

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 39 of 45

1

What word is contentiously used to describe the post-9/11 brand of US foreign policy?

Select one of the following:

  • Turbo-charged capitalism

  • Multilateralism

  • Neo-liberalism

  • Empire

Explanation

Question 40 of 45

1

What regional organization emerged in East Asia in 1967?

Select one of the following:

  • ASEAN

  • NATO

  • The UN

  • The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

Explanation

Question 41 of 45

1

Is the European Union itself a member of UN Security Council or the G20?

Select one of the following:

  • Yes, both

  • Only in the UN Security Council

  • Only in the G20

  • No, in neither

Explanation

Question 42 of 45

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We often hear of the Third World (although it is a contested term). But what is the Second World?

Select one of the following:

  • The Western hemisphere, with particular reference to the United States (i.e., the term is interchangeable with the “new” world).

  • The Soviet Union and its allies

  • Eastern Asia (particularly Japan and China)

  • All of the above depending on context

Explanation

Question 43 of 45

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What is “institutional power”?

Select one of the following:

  • The relative power of organisations or groups of countries (ASEAN, the EU, BRICs etc.)

  • The ability to control the agenda, to decide what gets decided, and to exclude those issues which threaten the interests of the most powerful.

  • Bureaucratic “heft”, that can hinder or help political leaders realise policy ambitions.

  • Indirect use of international organisations and pressure groups to further a desired agenda

Explanation

Question 44 of 45

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The climate change negotiations in Copenhagen in 2009 has been presented as an example of the changing institutional context. How?

Select one of the following:

  • The financial crisis weakened Europe’s bargaining position

  • The BASIC countries acted in concert to push a common agenda.

  • China successfully used soft power to push its agenda.

  • Anti-globalisation organisations were made formal partners in the negotiation structure.

Explanation

Question 45 of 45

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Which of the following is an example of institutions that were created at the end of WW2 (and based on the power situation of that era)?

Select one of the following:

  • The IMF

  • ASEAN

  • The World Social Forum

  • The G5

Explanation

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