a bargaining ineraction in which ar least one actor threatens to use force if demands aren't met

ISIS beheadings, specifically in OK

the use of threats to influence the outcome of a bargaining interaction

Bush's ultamatum in which he asked Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave the country

set of deals that both parties in a bargining interaction prefer to reversion outcome

any demand for territory set back by war or ultamatums

An effort to change the status quo through the threat of force

A threat

An effort to perserve the status quo thru the threat of force

A threat of force, 9/11

A situation in which parties in a strategic interaction lack info about other parties' interests

either the lack of, or access of private enemy information, Cuban Missle Crisis

In crisis bargaining, the trade-off between trying to get a better deal and trying o avoid war

weapons of mass destruction

Negative reprecussions for failing to follow through on a threat or to honor a commitment

US decision maker's skeptical of China interfering with the korean war

A state attacks first because the outcome of war is inevitable, and also to counter-balance the power of a state

The US attack on Iraq in 2003

a war fought with the anticipation that an attack by the other side is imminent

Six day war between Isreal and four Arab states

The collection of organizations- including the military, the diplomatic corps and the intellegence agencies- that carry out most tasks of governance within the state

the military because it is a collection of organizations

Groups of individuals with common interests that organize to influence public policy in a manner that benefits their members

THe observation that there are few, if any, clear causes of war between mature democratic states

Democracies do not fight democracies

broad-based institutions that promote peace and security among their members. 

UN, league of nations

a military operation in which force is used to make and/or enforce peace among warring parties that hace not agreed to end their fighting 

US Emposes economic sanctions on Russia 

An operation in which troops and observers are deployed to monitor a ceasefire

Cold War Divide, A treaty between Russia and the US to cease all Weapons of Mass Destruction threats observed by the UN

the desire to create an independent state to create an indepepndant state on territory carved from ane existing state

Compromise of countries holidng Bosnia, seeking seperation not unification

The desire to detach a region from one country and attach it to another

Crimea and Russia 

A conflict in which two states "fight" by supporting opposite sides in war 

Soviet Union and China supported communist rebels in south vietnam

A military strategy in which small, often lightly armed unites engage in hit-and-run attacks agaisnt military and civilian targets

When less capable fighters fight big countries

a stetegy of terrorist attacks intended to sabotage a prospective peace between the target and moderate leadership from the terrorists' home society