1
The security dilemma describes a situation in which states will end up in a costly arms race or war despite the fact that they do not have aggressive intentions (are security-seeking)
Group of answer choices
True
False
2
It two states are engaged in a war, and neither state uses all of its available armaments or mobilizes all of society toward winning, this war is best characterized as:
Group of answer choices
Total war
Limited war
Intrastate war
Diversionary war
3
When both sides in a nuclear rivalry have a second-strike capability, this will tend to promote:
Group of answer choices
a) Deterrence
b) A condition of 'mutually assured destruction'
c) Nuclear war
d) All of the above
e) a and b only
4
If strong pro-nuclear coalitions emerge within a state and push the state to establish a nuclear program, despite the absence of a threat in the system, this motive for proliferation would be most consistent with which of Sagan's models?
Group of answer choices
The domestic politics model
The balance of power model
The norms model
The security model
5
In the 2008-09 global financial crisis, problems with excess credit and debt that were primarily in US and British firms led to economic downfalls in both states. These problems then spread to the rest of the world due to the deep integration of the global economy. This crisis thus illustrates one of the risks associated with __________.
Group of answer choices
Marxism
Globalization
Statism
Realist IR theory
