INTRO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS EXAM WITH
SOLUTIONS #4 2025
How do states and other players accumulate and apply power in pursuit of international
security? - correct answer Build military power, Form alliances, Control the
accumulation, spread and
Use of military might, Pool power to gain security and manage or reduce the likelihood
of conflict, Involve non-state actors
4 revolutions in warfare - correct answer combination of intelligence surveillance and
reconnaissance capabilities, command control and communications capabilities,
precision weaponry and forces.
Alliances driven by - correct answer bandwagoning, balancing, protection
Deterrence - correct answer persuading a potential adversary to refrain from attacking
through the threat of costly retaliation
4 qualities important to military - correct answer numbers of troops, Quality of training
and leadership, Quality and quantity of armaments, Ability to project that military power
elsewhere
Realists approaches int sec - correct answer shifting alliances, force and counterforce
among states.
Internal balancing, external balancing
Applying military force
Alliances - correct answer formal commitments between states to cooperate for specific
purposes such as mutual defense
Mutually assured destruction - correct answer counter value: targeting adversary cities
and industrial centers for nuclear strikes
Counter force:targeting nuclear arsenals and other war fighting abilities for nuclear
strikes
Preemption - correct answer Use of military force to strike first when an attack is
imminent
Prevention - correct answer Use of military force to strike
First when an attack is inevitable
4 liberal approaches to International security - correct answer Disarmament,Arms
control,Collective Security,Security Communities
, Collective security - correct answer concentrated effort at cooperation, coordination and
establishment of institutions
5 sources of international law - correct answer treaties, customs, general principles,
decisions of national and lower courts, and decisions of international org
Issues of enforcement of int law - correct answer follows the challenges posed by
anarchy, diversity, and complexity
Horizontal enforcement - correct answer measures taken by states when a state violate
an int law
Problems: will lead to selective application of law, diplomatic protests are not suitable
for major issues
Vertical enforcement - correct answer enforcement of int law by an institution
International law - correct answer a body of rules that binds state and other agents in
world politics with one another ex: Liberalism, feminism, constructivism
IMF - correct answer source of emergency lending for countries with balance of
payments crises.
Loan drawn from pooled resources of member states
World Bank - correct answer created to provide long term development loans to
members. Voting based on economies
GATT - correct answer (now WTO) created to promote free trade in the world
WTO - correct answer central body with enforcement power over trade rules. Write
rules, administer them, adjudicate disputes, penalize
UN - correct answer 1945. 50 countries
Preventing war promoting peace
Human rights, policy, security council, gen assembly, security general
UN secritariat
5 permanent members UN - correct answer China, France, Russia, the United
Kingdom, and the United States
National enforcement - correct answer states enforce int law through their national legal
systems
Reasons fro int organizations - correct answer forums for states to communicate,
negotiate, and advance their interests
Types int organizations - correct answer Global, single-issue ios
SOLUTIONS #4 2025
How do states and other players accumulate and apply power in pursuit of international
security? - correct answer Build military power, Form alliances, Control the
accumulation, spread and
Use of military might, Pool power to gain security and manage or reduce the likelihood
of conflict, Involve non-state actors
4 revolutions in warfare - correct answer combination of intelligence surveillance and
reconnaissance capabilities, command control and communications capabilities,
precision weaponry and forces.
Alliances driven by - correct answer bandwagoning, balancing, protection
Deterrence - correct answer persuading a potential adversary to refrain from attacking
through the threat of costly retaliation
4 qualities important to military - correct answer numbers of troops, Quality of training
and leadership, Quality and quantity of armaments, Ability to project that military power
elsewhere
Realists approaches int sec - correct answer shifting alliances, force and counterforce
among states.
Internal balancing, external balancing
Applying military force
Alliances - correct answer formal commitments between states to cooperate for specific
purposes such as mutual defense
Mutually assured destruction - correct answer counter value: targeting adversary cities
and industrial centers for nuclear strikes
Counter force:targeting nuclear arsenals and other war fighting abilities for nuclear
strikes
Preemption - correct answer Use of military force to strike first when an attack is
imminent
Prevention - correct answer Use of military force to strike
First when an attack is inevitable
4 liberal approaches to International security - correct answer Disarmament,Arms
control,Collective Security,Security Communities
, Collective security - correct answer concentrated effort at cooperation, coordination and
establishment of institutions
5 sources of international law - correct answer treaties, customs, general principles,
decisions of national and lower courts, and decisions of international org
Issues of enforcement of int law - correct answer follows the challenges posed by
anarchy, diversity, and complexity
Horizontal enforcement - correct answer measures taken by states when a state violate
an int law
Problems: will lead to selective application of law, diplomatic protests are not suitable
for major issues
Vertical enforcement - correct answer enforcement of int law by an institution
International law - correct answer a body of rules that binds state and other agents in
world politics with one another ex: Liberalism, feminism, constructivism
IMF - correct answer source of emergency lending for countries with balance of
payments crises.
Loan drawn from pooled resources of member states
World Bank - correct answer created to provide long term development loans to
members. Voting based on economies
GATT - correct answer (now WTO) created to promote free trade in the world
WTO - correct answer central body with enforcement power over trade rules. Write
rules, administer them, adjudicate disputes, penalize
UN - correct answer 1945. 50 countries
Preventing war promoting peace
Human rights, policy, security council, gen assembly, security general
UN secritariat
5 permanent members UN - correct answer China, France, Russia, the United
Kingdom, and the United States
National enforcement - correct answer states enforce int law through their national legal
systems
Reasons fro int organizations - correct answer forums for states to communicate,
negotiate, and advance their interests
Types int organizations - correct answer Global, single-issue ios
