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Realism - Answer-state seeks material power and economic power Neorealism - Answer--States are rational unitary actors -States seek security not power -Relative Power and zero-sum Liberalism - Answer--Cooperation -Critical theory - realism and liberalism are not logical -absolut gains Neoliberalism - Answer-institutions matter Constructivism - Answer-based on an ideational ontology, rather than a material ontology. Thus constructivism is posed against both realism and liberalism Alexan...

Norms - Answer-The expectations held by national leaders about normal international relations Morality - Answer-an element of power What are the 3 primary concepts of institutions - Answer--International Instituions -International Organizations -International Regimes What are International Institutions - Answer--Primarily RULES -can be implied or explicit -Physical or understood International Organizations - Answer--physical/material -they actually exist -HAVE MEMBERS -written charter...

Foreign Policy - Answer--Determines HOW & WHEN specific outcomes take place -Decision making -Rationality 1) Doing what is in the best interest for the specific individual -Risk Acceptance/Aversion -It's a process and strategy to achieve a state interest -Tries to spell out goals & objectives -*Most Important*= Individual -*Biggest Problem*= Rationality. Rationality is about self-interest, and an individual could turn irrational -Key Differences between IR Theory and________is the Ro...

International Relations - Answer-theoretical studies of politics Social Science Theory - Answer-General logical explanations of social phenomena IR Theory - Answer-Explanations that can be generally applied across cases: logical, with good, empirical evidence predictive A theory should: - Answer--Provide a casual explanation -Use empirical evidence -Make a general argument IR theory seeks to be... - Answer-Parsimonious Parsimony - Answer-Least amount of variance in the explanation of th...

Realism - Answer-state seeks material power and economic power Neorealism - Answer--States are rational unitary actors -States seek security not power -Relative Power and zero-sum Liberalism - Answer--Cooperation -Critical theory - realism and liberalism are not logical -absolut gains Neoliberalism - Answer-institutions matter Constructivism - Answer-based on an ideational ontology, rather than a material ontology. Thus constructivism is posed against both realism and liberalism Alexan...

Atlantic Charter - Answer- -august 1941 -roosevelt and churchill discuss a security organization -us not on war yet UN Declaration - Answer- -january 1942 -26 nations -alliance formed but also was focused on principles of the UN Bretton Woods and Dumbarton Oaks - Answer- -BW, new hampshire 1944 -established economic structure of the UN -IMF, IBRD (later world bank) -Oaks creates formal structure of UN Yalta Conference - Answer- -small latin american countries upset didn't ...

key difference between IR theory and foreign policy - Answer-role of individuals (prominent in IR) IR predicts - Answer-General outcomes biggest problem with foreign policy decision making - Answer-rationality Name 3 systematic ways individual decision makers diverge from rationality? - AnswerPerception/misperception, affective bias, and cognitive bias The bureaucratic model is also known as ____ - Answer-Government bargaining model Allison's Three Models - Answer-Rational actor model, gov...

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