INTSTDS 2800 Midterm Study Guide

here are three sections: Reading Questions, Concept Bank, and an Essay.

What are two differences between the old paradigm of war and so-called “new wars,” according to David Cortright?

What 3 features does Johan Galtung believe that a good definition of peace must have?

To explain a woman’s metastatic breast cancer in the year 2000, Paul Farmer argues we need to go back to the Haitian Revolution more than 200 years before, if not even earlier. What is the relevance of this history to understanding Anite’s illness, according to Farmer?

What are Loïc Wacquant’s 3 objections to Paul Farmer’s conception of structural violence?

What is cultural peace, according to Johan Galtung? Give an example.

What is a “folk image,” according to Kenneth Boulding? Describe the folk image of the United States, in your own words.

In his 1899 speech “The Strenuous Life,” Theodore Roosevelt argued, “We cannot play the part of China.” What “part” did China play, according to Roosevelt? And why did he think that role was incompatible with the U.S. having a strenuous national life?

Michael Howard argues that World War I had the same causes as the Peloponnesian War. What caused both wars, according to Howard?

What are the 3 ways that Kenneth Waltz believes the US can respond to Iran’s nuclear ambitions? Explain the option he prefers and one reason he gives in favor of it.

Explain three ways that J. Ann Tickner believes the realist analysis of international relations is distorted by masculine assumptions.

In their 1983 pastoral letter, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops refer to an “Augustinian insight” as the “central premise” of just war theory. Explain that insight in your own words.

Define jus ad bellum and explain 4 of the 7 main criteria that determine whether a war meets that standard.

Define jus in bello and explain the 2 main criteria that determine whether conduct in war meets that standard.

Michael Walzer argues that the difference between legitimate and illegitimate first strikes should be drawn “at the point of sufficient threat.” What three features characterize a sufficient threat?

According to Michael Walzer, the primary example of a just war is a war fought in self-defense or against aggression. Explain two of the kinds of wars that he thinks can be just that are not fought in self-defense or against aggression.

Give two arguments for the justice of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq and two arguments against.

Negative and Positive Peace

Absolute and Contingent Pacifism

Direct & Structural Violence

Cultural Violence

Real and Illusory Incompatibility of National Images

Security Dilemma

The Domestic Analogy

Preventive & Preemptive War

Mass Incarceration

The Spanish-American War

Ohio State University’s AI Fluency Initiative

The aftermath of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake

The departure of French troops from Mali

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The U.S.’s refusal to return the Black Hills to the Sioux

Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (aka “The Iran Nuclear Deal”)