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- absence of government and absolute freedom of the individual
- relates to: political systems, sovereignty
- grugel ch 2
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- is the set of laws that come into effect once a war has begun
- relates to: war, war crimes, peace
- Example: non combatant immunity
- Drezner p 61-62
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- is the title given to the branch of law that defines the legitimate reasons a state may engage in war and focuses on certain criteria that render a war just.
- relates to: peace, war crimes, international law, power
- Example: United Nations Charter, which binds nations to seek resolution of disputes by peaceful means and requires authorization by the United Nations before a nation may initiate any use of force against another, beyond the inherent right of self-defense against anarmed attack
- Drezner p 61-62
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- a movement towards political integration of transnational actors aimed at negotiating responses to problems that affect more than one state or region.
- Examples: IMF, WHO
- Bishop and Grugel, ch 6, Randall Germain " Forget the IMF", Susan Schadler "The IMF adrift"
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- the posture and policy of a nation or group of nations protecting itself against another nation or group of nations by matching its power against the power of the other side.
- Relates to: international political system, power
- Example: cold war
- Bishop and Grugel Ch.2
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- the policy of extending the rule or authority of anempire or nation over foreign countries, or ofacquiring and holding colonies and dependencies
- Relates to: global governance, power
- Examples: British imperialism in India
- Drezner, Niall Ferguson "Welcome to the New Imperialism"
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- a distribution of power in which two states have the majority of economic, military, and cultural influence internationally or regionally
- examples:The United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War (1947-1990)
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- system by which states have attempted to prevent or stop wars
- an aggressor against any one state is considered an aggressor against all other states, which act together to repel the aggressor
- Examples: United Nations
- Relates to: International law, war, Peace
- Drezner
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- a strategy intended to dissuade an adversary from taking an action not yet started, or to prevent them from doing something that another state desires
- relates to: MAD, war, peace,
- Examples: nuclear, cold war
- Drezner
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- Multipolarity is a distribution of power in which more than two nation-states have nearly equal amounts of military, cultural, and economic influence
- Relates to: Global Governace,balance of power
- Examples:Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, Russia and the United Kingdom pre WW1
- Drezner
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- the act of reducing, limiting, or abolishing weapons
- example:elimination of weapons of mass destruction, such as nuclear arms
- Relates to: war, peace, power
- drezner
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- a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular
- example: USA->Soviet Union
- Relates to: Power, peace, MAD
- Drezner
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