topics 1-7

which fundamental concept in political science is the ability to make someone do something they would not otherwise do?

power

which fundamental concept in political science the ability to induce deference in others and the common acceptance of this ability?

authority

what are the 3 types of power?

instrumental, structural, ideological

which fundamental concept in political science is the accepted authority?

legitimacy

what is a hierarchically structured, formal institution with authority to govern a state?

government

what is the process ivolving formal and informal actors and institutions in governing?

governance

what term best describes a degree of order and facilitate collective action

govern

what term best defines: "the rules of the game" and "anything that makes behaviours more predictable"?

institutions

what is a formal institutions with agency; they act?

organization

what is a regularized patterns of interaction between states?

international order

what compels states towards certain agreed upon actions?

international law

what is the assemblage of actors, institutions, processes ideologies and political relations involved in a particular area of global governance?

international regime

what coordinated relations among 3 or more states in accordance with certain principles?

multilaterlism

what is the interconnected and embedded institutions and processes of economics and politics at the global level?

global political economy

what are the 5 fundamental concepts in international relations?

international order, international law, international regime, multilateralism, global political economy

what is the relations between states?

internaitonal

what is the process occurring between and above states and involving other actors (ex. international law or international organizations?

transnational

what is the process between, above, and throughout states that involves other actors?

global

what are the 2 central actors in international relations?

states and inter-governmental organizations

what are the non-state actors in international relations

Global civil society NGOs For-Profit Private Sector Multinational Corporations

what is the central actor in the international system?

states

which central actor in IR is the political o organization consisting of a population, government and sovereignty?

states

what is the rightful entitlement to exclusive, unqualified and supreme authority within a delimited territory?

sovereignty

inter-governmental organization includes how many member states?

3

which non-state actor in IR is a the voluntary non-profit associations that exist outside the state and the market?

global civil society actor

what non-state actor in IR is a profit private voluntary associations whose members are individuals or associations that come together to achieve a common purpose?

Non-governmental organization

what non-state actor is a profit based actor?

for profit private sector

which non-state actor in IR is organized to conduct for-profit business transactions and operations across 3 or more states?

Multinational corporations

which actor in IR is the illegal actors (i.e., terrorist organizations or criminal networks?

Illicit actors

what actor in IR is regular interactions of governmental and non-governmental actors across national boundaries?

Networks/partnerships of different actors

what year was the 'age of discovery', European expansion/conquest?

1450-1850

what year was the expansions of European empires?

1850-1945

what year is the contemporary globalization?

1960-present

according to the lectures, what is the 4th wave of globalization?

Emergence of the BRICS economies in the global south?

what are the subfields of international relations?

international law, international security, foreign policy, IO, global south political economy, international ethics/philosophy, refugee studies

how long ago was the agricultural trade and diplomacy between nomadic communities?

3000-4000 years ago

what century did Europe's age of discovery opened communication and transport channels?

15 century and 16th century

what are the factors that explains the European-led Transformation?

industrialized revolutionimperialism and it's economic benefitscontrol of major commodities and unequal patterns of exchange

what term best describes the creation of an empire (a group of states under a single authority) and controlling through (threat of) force?

imperialism

what is the direct political and economic control over another state of territory?

colonialism

what is the name and year of the conference that formally instigated the Scramble where the European colonial power agreed to ground rules their colonial practices and divided the continent up among themselves?

Berlin Conference 1884/1885

what were the 7 European states in the Berlin Conference?

Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain

ww1 started where and began where?

1914-1918; Europe

who were the allies in ww1?

UK, France, Russia vs Central Powers

what is considered to be the first modern, industrialized 'total war'?

ww1

how many people were killed in ww1?

17 million

what resulted to the birth of league of nations?

ww1

what was the period of worldwide recession, worst in history? and what year was it?

The Great Depression of 1930

what led to a Keynesian global economic system (state role in economic regulation)?

great depression

when was the first and only use of atomic bomb?

ww2

what resulted in the decline of Europe's power and the emergence of two new superpowers; US and Soviet Union (Cold War)?

ww2

what were the 3 major things that occurred after ww2?

the united nations 1945Bretton Woods institutionsend of colonialism

what established the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)?

Bretton Woods Institutions

what promoted corporation and peace after ww2?

The UN

what resulted in new military alliances (NATO and Warsaw Pact)?

post ww2

the end of cold war due to?

economic decline of USSR; eastern European discontent with Russia; reformist policies of Gorbachev

in 1960, a newly independent states form alliances and a voting bloc in the UN known as?

g77

what group was formed to start voting against US interest in UN General Assembly?

g77

was the post ww2 a unipolar or bipolar world system?

bipolar

was the end of cold war a unipolar or bipolar world system?

unipolar

what caused the establishment of a neoliberal economic order?

rise of american hegemony

european is its own legal syatem, parliament, bureaucracy, currency and court. t/f

true

what resulted in america's war on terror?

9/11

what was the greatest challenge to global economy since the great depression?

2007/2008

what instigated a a major power shift in the global political economy?

financial crisis

what cased the 2007/2008 financial crisis?

years of previous stable growth led to irresponsible lending (ex. sub-prime mortgages) in US/Europe; central bankers/ other regulators allowing risky practices (i.e. selling of debts and bonds)

what is a power challenge to the US and Europe?

BRICS

what caused the decline of the american hegemony?

2007/2008 global financial crisisRise of BRICSMilitary failures in the war on terrorUndermining of US' moral superiorityLack of leadership during the pandemic

who claimed that war is a continuation of policy with the use of other means?

Carl Von Clausewitz

what are the on going armed conflict (9)

Russia/UkraineSyriaEthiopiaIraqYemenSomaliaSouth SudanIsrael/PalestineMexico, Mali, Nigeria, Libya, CAR. Etc.

War is the fundamental problem in the international politics and has been a primary factor motivating the creation of international order and other international institutions. t/f?

true

what are the 2 things that are central to the study of international relations?

war and peace

what are the 10 types of conflict?

armed conflict, war, limited war, total war, international conflict, intranational conflict, regional conflict, proxy war, strategy, tactics

what type of conflict uses physical violence and weapons on people towards one's interest?

Armed Conflict

what type of conflict uses extraordinary armed conflict; organized violence between political entities?

war

what type of conflict fought for a lesser goal than political existence?

limited war

what type of conflict recognizes the totality of society is committed to the war effort?

total war

what type of conflict is a inter state war?

international war

what type of conflict is a civil war that can be internationalized meaning it can involve external actors?

intranational conflict

what type of conflict involves an entire region or spilling over from one country across the borders of other countries?

regional war

what type of conflict recognizes that the main belligerents avoid direct conflict and use third parties to fight each other?

proxy war

what is the plan pursued in war?

strategy

what is the techniques employed by armed forces?

tactics

what is usually a result of asymmetrical warfare?

irregular warfare

what term best describes a smaller-sized force, mostly unofficially trained combatants, use of a variety of irregular military tactics?

Guerilla Warfare

what is a non-tradition army force. Blends in with the support of the army population?

Guerrilla Warfare

what term best describes a rebellion without authority/legitimacy?

insurgency

irregular warfare and insurgency was more prominent after ww2. t/f

true

what uses violence to spread fear in a population to achieve particular interests

terrorism

what caused the changes in armed conflict after ww2?

end of the cold war, collapse of weak state, civil wars and armed struggles for self-determination, ethnic conflicts

what year did army seizes power via coup?

1963

what year did Syria and Egypt initiate the 19-day Yom Kippur War against Israel?

1973

what year did Syria invades Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War?

1976

what year did the uprising by the Muslim Brotherhood against the government?

Late 1970

what year did Arab Spring protests reach Syria, instigated the Syrian Civil War?

2011

what year did the formation of al-Nusra (syria's al-Qauda affiliate?

2012

what year did ISIS form?

2013

what year did US-French-UK led airstrikes begin against ISIS and the regime in Syria?

2014

what year did the Russian intervention against ISIS and anti-government, a coalition of opposition forces, Turkey, ISI and al-Nusra occur?

2015

what are the regions of Syria currently controlled by government, a coalition of opposition forces?

turkey, isis and al-nusra