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NYE 6-8
Samson's class Govt 340
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 3
10/21/2010

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What does non-intervention in the internals sovereign affairs do?
Definition
It affects order and justice.
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What is a Nation-state in regards to people?
Definition
It is a community of people who deserve the right to develop a common life style within their own state.
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What is intervention?
Definition
external actions which affect domestic affairs of a sovereign state.
Term
What are some forms of intervention?
Definition
Speeches, broadcasts, econ. assistance, support for the opposition, limited or full scale military action.
Term
A state has sovereignty but with a "de facto" which are?
Definition
Economic Interdependence, Mass population of Refugees, Drugs and Arms Trafficking, and Militia assistance.
Term
What are Realists: Key Values? Key institution? And Justification for Intervention?
Definition
-order and peace
-balance of power
-Brezhnev Doctrine
Term
What are Cosmopolitans: Key Values? Key institution? And Justification for Intervention?
Definition
-justice
-a society of individuals
-humanitarian intervention
Term
What are State Moralists: Key Values? Key institution? And Justification for Intervention?
Definition
-State autonomy
-society of states
-Aggression is ambiguous and intervention is rarely justified.
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What are some other type of interventions?
Definition
-Preemptive Intervention
-Balance of Power Intervention (restore power to a people group)
-Rescue people threatened with massacre
-Assist secessionist movements
Term
Who was the Just War Theory derived from?
Definition
Augustine and Thomas Acquinas
Term
What are the reasons for the Just War Theory?
Definition
1)Just cause (aggression is condemned)
2)Just Intention (to secure peace)
3)Last resort (no compromise can be made)
4)Formal Declaration (a formal declaration of war)
5)Proportionate means (to repel the aggression)
6)Limited Obj. (if peace is sought then mercy shall be given to aggressive state)
7) Noncombatant immunity (civilians may not fight)
Term
What percentage of the world is homogeneous?
Definition
Approx. 10%
Term
What are the problems with self determination?
Definition
There are many factors to consider such as civil wars, loss or resources, etc. When intervening.
Term
What are three dimensions of Judgement?
Definition
consequences. motives, and means.
Term
What did Gamel Abdel Nassar do
Definition
He nationalized the Suez Canal
Term
What did Sir Anthony Eden do in respect to the Suez Canal?
Definition
He made a deal with France and Israel to control a portion of it w/ a pretext of protecting it.
Term
What is the UN Security Council?
Definition
a balance of power concept of the 19th Century.
Term
When does US collective security work best?
Definition
When agression clear cut, there is no veto, and large countries provide resources.
Term
How does Nationalism come into play when there is so much diversity?
Definition
national boundaries are socially constructed by the elite.
Term
How many times was Palestine land promised?
Definition
Thrice... or 3 times
Term
What were the 3 promises made about the Palestine land?
Definition
For the French: Sykes-Picot Agreement. (Fr. & Brit. were to split the land for themselves)
For the Arabs: Hussein Macmahon correspondence
For the Jews: Balfour Declaration (Brit majesty in favor of making Palestine the new Jewish home.
Term
What was White Paper?
Definition
The Brit's seeking Arab support against Hitler and promising in exchange to restrict Jewish Immigration which led to smuggles.
Term
What happened in 1947?
Definition
Israel declared its independence.
Term
What occurred in 1948 with the Arab states?
Definition
Arab neighboring states attacked Israel
Term
What death occurred in 1951? Why?
Definition
The death of King Abdullah. Because he tried to make peace with Israel.
Term
What was the 6 day war of 1967?
Definition
Israel's preemptive attack
Term
What was the 1973 Yom Kippur War?
Definition
A surprise attack by Sadat and the Syrians
Term
What were the causes of the 1991 Gulf War?
Definition
1) USSR in decline
2) Hussein feared Security
3)U.S. and Israel are on the rise.
4) The 8 year was with Iran had devastated Iraq's econ.
Term
What were the issues of the Gulf War?
Definition
Oil, preventive war, and collective security
Term
What were the consequences of the Gulf War?
Definition
The PLO,
Term
What is globalization?
Definition
worldwide networks of interdependence.
Term
What are the three dimensions of Globalization?
Definition
1) Environmental: Diseases and animals have surpassed national boundaries and climate changes are more drastic now.
2)Military: straddling alliances
3) Social: immigration has risen tremendously, religion & poli. have spread
Term
What are the effects of this in the 21st Century?
Definition
1) Products are more valuable-globally renown
2)Density of interdependence
3) Quickness: Diseases and Comp Virus
Term
What are the political reactions to Globalization?
Definition
-Transitions from traditional to modern society
-Increase in equality ($$)
Term
What are the Concepts of Interdependence?
Definition
Source-perception is important.
benefits-distribution of benefits.
Term
What are the Benefits of interdependence?
Definition
Econ interdependence can be used as a weapon.
-The lines of what is domestic and what is foreign is blurred.
Term
What are the costs of interdependence?
Definition
Short term-the amount and rapidity of the effects of dependence such as stock market crash.
long term-change in the structure of a system.
Term
What is symmetry of interdependence?
Definition
refers to relatively balanced vs unbalanced dependence.
Term
What is a linkage?
Definition
When there is asymmetry of interdependence in diff issue areas.
Term
What is a trade off?
Definition
setting agendas and defining issue areas. rules often set by intl institutions
Term
What is a salience?
Definition
A weaker state may retaliate if concerned about an issue.
Term
What is a Private Oligarchy?
Definition
An oil regime that had close ties to the govt. ( seven sisters)
Term
What happened in 1973 to the oil regime?
Definition
The poorer countries got more power as the producing countries set the rate of production.
Term
Explanation of Oil Shift: Realists- Bri weakened
Definition
Bri weakened as policeman. Nixon Admin. used Iran as a regional hegemon.
Term
Explanation of Oil Shift: Modified Realism
Definition
Focuses on the distribution of power within the issue of oil itself.
Term
Explanation of Oil Shift: International Institutions
Definition
Seven sisters gradually lost power because of their bargains with the producer countries.
Term
In the oil regime how did Arab states use oil as power?
Definition
They used it to bring their issues to the front of the US agenda.
Term
Who became a major oil supplier to the west by the late 1990's?
Definition
Russia
Term
What is the key characteristic of the information revolution?
Definition
Not the speed of communication but the reduction in cost of transmitting info
Term
What was the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Industrial Revolution?
Definition
1- steam and engine
2- electricity aircraft and synthetics
3- Computers
Term
What is cyber-feudalism?
Definition
decentralized complex interdependence resembling pre-westphalia
Term
What is the real issue concerning sovereignty today?
Definition
Not whether it will continue but how will it look, function?
Term
What are the four conclusions of the information revolution?
Definition
1) No equalizing effect
2)Sovereign more easily penetrated
3) Open democratic societies
4)Soft power becomes more important as credibility becomes a key power source
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