Exam 8: The Pursuit of Power Through Arms and Alliances

Compare the old trends versus the new trends in military spending. How does the Old South compare to the New South present day in military spending? What are the consequences?

Preventive strategies designed to dissuade an adversary from doing what it would otherwise do is known as

Examples of unintended consequences of selling arms to other countries is __________.

The relative burden of military spending is described as ____________.

A ____________________ war is a quick first-strike attack that seeks to defeat an adversary before it can organize a retaliatory response.

President Eisenhower's defense doctrine that pledged to respond to any act of aggression with the most destructive capabilities available including nuclear weapons was called

What are the conditions that contribute to the effective use of coercive diplomacy? Cite an example of the successful or unsuccessful use of coercive diplomacy and what specific factors led to its success/failure.

The condition that results when each state's increase in military capability is matched by the others, resulting in no significant gain in security for any one state is known as

Terrorism is increasingly being conducted by growing bands of people who have no citizenship rights in any country and are forced out of one country and not accepted in any other. This is called __________.

What are the sources of power in world politics? Given the changes occurring in world politics, is the nature of power being transformed? If so, how? Given your interpretation, how might one go about measuring the power of states?

List the five recognized nuclear and the four additional de facto nuclear states.

Under the condition of anarchy, realists view military strength as the primary source of national security and international influence.

The Nth country problem has to do with an increase in the number of states that possess nuclear weapons.

Which of the following does a realist see as the central element of state power potential?

The safeguards built into the non-proliferation regime are adequate to detect and prevent secret nuclear weapons development programs.

Overt or covert use of force by one or more countries that cross the border of another country in order to affect the target country's government and policies is known as ____________________.

The Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) blasts sounds at a deafening 150 decibels to give enemy combatants an instant headache.

"It is good that we find war so horrible, or else we would become fond of it," was expressed by ____________.

Innovative cyberstrategies for future use in deterring and immobilizing enemies include _______.

Explain why a country's power potential is important.