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| the psychological tendency to deny or rationalize away discrepancies between one's preexisting beliefs and new information |
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| the process by which new information is interpreted by comparing it to generic concepts stored in memory about certain stereotypical situations, sequences of events, and characters |
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| The tendency of people in competitive interaction to perceive each other similarly - to see and adversary the same way the adversary sees them |
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| the tendency to emphasize situational factors when explaining one's own behavior while stressing dispositional factors when explaining the same behavior in someone else |
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| Russia started the Cold War |
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| The U.S. started the Cold War |
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| No one started the Cold War - it was the result of a bipolar system |
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| utilizes game theory; what choice will I make that will yield me the best outcome? |
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| a behavioral decision theory that contends decision makers assess policy options in comparison to a reference point and that they take greater risks to prevent losses than to achieve gains |
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| when you own something, it has more value to you |
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| efforts by an ethnonational or religious group to regain control of territory by force so that existing state boundaries will no longer separate the group |
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| the attempt by a religious or ethnic minority to break away from an internationally recognized state |
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| the migration of religious or ethnic groups to foreign lands despite their continued affiliation with the land and customs of their origin |
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| replaceability over areas; interchangeable |
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| Individual Level of Analysis |
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| psychological factors motivating people who make foreign policy decisions on behalf of state and nonstate actors |
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| How internal attributes of states influence their foreign policy behavior |
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| Systemic Level of Analysis |
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| emphasizes the impact of international structures and processes on the behavior of global actors |
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| who gets what, when, how, and why |
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| 1648; ended the feudal system & the 30 years war; began anarchic system of states |
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| the category of global issues related to the economic, social, and environmental aspects of relations between governments and people |
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| the category of global issues related to military and security aspects of relations between governments and people |
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| under international law, the principle that no higher authority is above the state |
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| the principle that in anarchy, actors must rely on themselves |
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| a security regime based on the principle that an act of aggression by any state will be met by a collective response from the rest (i.e. the League of Nations) |
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| players have different choices, and choose between these choices to maximize their gains |
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| type of game theory; option of rat/not rat; always rat |
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| not just "A effects B," but HOW A effects B... there's a "C" |
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| conjectural statements that state the relationship between an independent variable ( the presumed cause) and a dependent variable (the effect) |
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| the contention that war is likely when a dominant, greater power is threatened by the rapid growth of a rival's capabilities, which reduces the difference in their relative power |
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| focuses on the rise and fall of the leading global power as the central political process of the modern world system |
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| Hegemonic Stability Theory |
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| the argument that a single dominant state is necessary to enforce international cooperation, maintain international rules and regimes, and keep the peace |
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| the contention that leaders initiate conflict abroad as a way of steering public opinion at home away from controversial domestic issues |
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| a concept that refers to the interaction between international bargaining and domestic politics |
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| a threat of force aimed at making an adversary rant concessions against its will |
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| a strategy designed to dissuade an adversary from doing what it would otherwise do |
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