International Security Exam

• Mueller states that although it didn't stop the war, _________ was the first instance in which strong anti-war activists including capitalists, socialists, feminists and others spoke out against fighting.

  World War One
• Reiter states that the aim of war is?

  the destruction of economic assets; the occupation of territory; the destruction of military forces
• Which of the following is NOT an expectation of Reiter regarding military entrepreneurship?

  States with more military entrepreneurship are more likely to be more authoritarian dictatorships.
• What do Barkawi and Laffey say is the significance of the weak?

  The resistance of the weak shapes events and outcomes
• Walt lists all of the following as factors leading to the renaissance of security studies EXCEPT:

  The rise of Al-Qaeda
• Which of the following is the "intellectual architecture that lends structure to foreign policy"?

  Grand Strategy
• _____________ war occurs  when  one  state  perceives  the  balance  of  power shifting against  it  and  attacks  sooner  rather  than  later,  when conditions would  be  less  favorable. 

  Preventive
• Which term describes the "sum total of a government's interactions with the outside word"?

  Foreign policy
• What is the main focus of security studies according to Walt?

  The phenomenon of war
• _____________ war  occurs  when  one  state attacks in order to forestall a perceived imminent attack.

  Preemptive
• According to Mueller, in _________ warfare, combatants  commonly seek to wreak violence on civilians, particularly  defenseless ones, because that is where the psychic and material rewards are greatest and the risks are lowest.

  criminal
• Which of the following is NOT a hallmark of disciplined warfare, according to Mueller?

  provisions and prizes being taken from the local population.
• According to Blanchard, the "[f]eminist incursions into the fieldof IR security can be usefully situated on  __________  of the “widening” versus “narrowing” debate."

  the widening side
• What are the three reasons why war occurs according to the bargaining model?

  States having: disagreements about the likely outcome; inability to commit not to fight in future; disputes over indivisible goals.
• Newman states which of the following in his advocacy for Critical Human Security Studies?

  Security studies should mainly focus on the individual as the primary beneficiary of security.
• Which kind of combatants generally fight to win, to conclude the war in order to return to a safer life as civilians or as professionals in a peacetime army according the Mueller?

  Disciplined
• What does Karaganov say should be the foreign policy of Russia?

  constructive destruction
• Which of the following is NOT a reason Karaganov gives for Russia's need to "unite the lands"?

  they desire union with Russia
• Which of the following is not a "pillar" in the US-Ukraine Joint Statement of 2021?

  European Union Ascension and Membership
• Which country's negotiations with Israel does Spaniel argue were a threat to Hamas's coercive leverage?

  Saudi Arabia
• Who does Dennis Ross claim is responsible for the killing of innocent Palestinians in Gaza?

  Hamas
• Which country supports Hamas?

  Iran
• According to Weiss, what risk do Western policymakers inadvertently create by exaggerating the Chinese invasion threat?

  self-fulfilling prophecy
• How would the Chinese invasion of Taiwan impact decades of counterproliferation?

  increased nuclear proliferation
• What is the official name of the government of Taiwan?

  Republic of China
• Which of the following was a strategic bomber?

  Vulcan
• Which of the following is NOT a type of ballistic missile?

  NKBM
• Which country exported the most weapons in the 1980s?

  Soviet Union
• Which country was the top recipient of US arms in the 1980s?

  Japan
• Of the following list, which country has the most powerful military, according to the The Infographics Show report?

  South Korea
• What weapon systems does the The Infographics Show report state are more powerful than most nations' whole militaries?

  Carrier battle groups
• For what purpose are weapons designed and used?

  Destruction of the enemy; Controlling the behavior of the enemy; Weakening the enemy
• According to the Brief History of Weapons video, which of the following came first?

  Naval mines
• Who authored the 2019 report on "Conflict Related Sexual Violence"?

  United Nations
• Which country in the Americas does the "Conflict Related Sexual Violence" highlight as a concern?

  Colombia
• What was the German role model for Korea's "Sunshine Policy"?

  Ostpolitik
• What fallacy is it when you misrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to attack?

  Strawman
• ____________ fallacy involves cherry-picking data clusters to suit an argument, or finding a pattern to fit a presumption.

  Texas Sharpshooter
• When you overestimate the likelihood of negative outcomes, you might be exhibiting:

  pessimism bias
• Curse of knowledge bias occurs when...


  once you understand something you presume it to be obvious to everyone.