UPDATED ENN1504 Assignment 1 AND 2 Semester 1 2024 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED

n the view of the lack of security for states in international politics......... also plays an important role in the formulation of the national interest a. economic criteria b. power criteria c. military criteria d. ideological criteria - ANSWER c. military criteria although states are sovereign, they remain the primary subjects of......... a. international law b. political parties c. the population d. non- governmental organizations - ANSWER a. international law at the principle level, sovereignty involves the claim of the state to an equal right to...... within the geographical borders and over its the population, as well as an equal right to freedom from the intervention from outside a. laws b. relationship c. supreme authority d. political autonomy - ANSWER c. supreme authority the....and the emergence of the global inequality were also accompanied by the second great wave of the European colonialism (the first took place after the discovery of the new world in the 16th and 17th centuries) a. industrial revolution b. declaration on human rights c. Westphalia d. United Nations (UN) - ANSWER a. industrial revolution ........refers to the intuitive idea of power as: A has power over B to the extent that he can get B to do something that B would not otherwise do a. Benn b. Isaak c. Reitz d. Dahi - ANSWER d. Dahi ........most often from the basis for national interests a. military criteria b. ideological criteria c. moral ideology d. economic criteria - ANSWER d. economic criteria where there is no solidarity and the loyalty of the population within the geographical borders of the state is divided, it is customary to call it a........ a. nation b. state c. country d. multi-national state - ANSWER d. multi-national state the participants in the international politics have developed a set of rules within which their mutual relationships are conducted, which in itself is remarkable in view of the........ a. absence of an enforcing supreme authority b. international system c. globalization d. interest groups - ANSWER a. absence of an enforcing supreme authority the state is the focal point of the international system and, therefore, the basic institution of the international community, so sovereignty does not play a crucial role in international law true false - ANSWER false African scholars within IR find it fitting to discuss the phenomenon of decoloniality and decolonization as it has involved the re-emergence and new development of nation building and new emerging regimes by states within politics true false - ANSWER true Which one of the following is not a technique of diplomacy? a. negotiation b. persuasion c. secrecy d. concessions - ANSWER c. secrecy Modern diplomacy is characterised by a. bilateral negotiation b. multilateralism C. media communication d. persuasion - ANSWER b. multilateralism Good governance is key in promoting. a. rule of law b. economic stability c. democracy d. sovereignty - ANSWER b. economic stability What is the concept of decoloniality? a. The legacy of colonialism in structures of power. b. A movement that seeks to move away from Eurocentric ways of knowing and being. c. African political independence. d. Power in IR. - ANSWER b. A movement that seeks to move away from Eurocentric ways of knowing and being. Presents as a threat to development and its impact affects the poorest and most vulnerable. a. Global change b. Pollution C. Climate change d. Natural resources - ANSWER c. climate change Maintain that international law is the sum total of the rules to which states have agreed to be bound. a. The United Nations b. Positivists C. The international community d. The World Court - ANSWER b. positivists An alternative form of development aimed at not depleting natural resources. a. Sustainable development b. International development c. Economic development d. Globalisation - ANSWER a. sustainable development A global commitment to ensure that states are obliged to prevent civil wars and war crimes. a. Cosmopolitanism b. Human rights c. Responsibility to Protect d. Foreign policy - ANSWER c. responsibility to protect The......... were responsible for implementing the Bretton-Woods agreement to facilitate international financing. a. International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organization b. World Bank and United Nations C. World Bank and International Monetary Fund d. World Bank and World Trade Organization - ANSWER c. World Bank and International Monetary Fund Are the rules and principles that developed within the international community. a. International cooperation b. International conventions