Global Issues Exam Basics

International Relations

The Study of International Politics and the activities partaken by states which includes International Trade, Diplomacy, War, Foreign Policy Etc
academic discipline and a field of practice focused on the study of interactions between sovereign states, as well as non-state actors

Theory

The study of international relations from a set perspective, used as a framework to better understand how the world works.

Hypothesis

A testable proposition that predicts a way a relationship between two states / NSAs will go

Anarchy

The natural state of world politics. Essentially a free for fall, no one universal world government that dictates everything fairly

Levels of Analysis

How scholars look at the world, usually broken down into Global/System, State, and Individual

Power

A nations ability to control/project itself onto the world stage

State

The government which rules over a demarcated territory and represents the interests of the nation

Nation

A common group of people united by ethnicity, culture, religion, or political belief

Sanctions

Commercial or Financial Penalties applied by one or more countries against another country/group to force a change in behavior