INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY
AND CONCEPTS EXAM WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS { GRADED A+}
Theory (what makes a good theory) - ✔✔Explains and predicts
behavior, logically consistent, empirical validity, clear hypotheses.
Interests - ✔✔Goals or objectives that actors seek to achieve in
international relations.
Interactions - ✔✔Ways in which actors behave towards one another,
influenced by their interests.
Institutions - ✔✔Rules, norms, and procedures around which actors'
expectations converge.
, Bargaining (including models) - ✔✔Negotiation process where actors
seek to divide a fixed resource, studied using models like the Prisoner's
Dilemma or Chicken.
Cooperation (including models) - ✔✔Actors working together to
achieve shared goals, studied through models like Iterated Prisoner's
Dilemma.
Levels of Analysis - ✔✔Different perspectives (individual, state,
international system) used to study events in international relations.
Realism - ✔✔Theoretical perspective emphasizing power, conflict, and
self-interest as key drivers of state behavior.
Neorealism - ✔✔Branch of realism focusing on the anarchic nature of
the international system and power distribution among states.
Anarchy - ✔✔Absence of a central authority in the international
system, leading to self-help among states.
AND CONCEPTS EXAM WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS { GRADED A+}
Theory (what makes a good theory) - ✔✔Explains and predicts
behavior, logically consistent, empirical validity, clear hypotheses.
Interests - ✔✔Goals or objectives that actors seek to achieve in
international relations.
Interactions - ✔✔Ways in which actors behave towards one another,
influenced by their interests.
Institutions - ✔✔Rules, norms, and procedures around which actors'
expectations converge.
, Bargaining (including models) - ✔✔Negotiation process where actors
seek to divide a fixed resource, studied using models like the Prisoner's
Dilemma or Chicken.
Cooperation (including models) - ✔✔Actors working together to
achieve shared goals, studied through models like Iterated Prisoner's
Dilemma.
Levels of Analysis - ✔✔Different perspectives (individual, state,
international system) used to study events in international relations.
Realism - ✔✔Theoretical perspective emphasizing power, conflict, and
self-interest as key drivers of state behavior.
Neorealism - ✔✔Branch of realism focusing on the anarchic nature of
the international system and power distribution among states.
Anarchy - ✔✔Absence of a central authority in the international
system, leading to self-help among states.
