Exam 15: Conflict, War, and Terrorism

According to your text, a "security dilemma" occurs when actions to increase a nation's security

Explain the difference between mediation and arbitration.

The association of the Bush administration and the Carlyle Group, an equity investment firm with billions of dollars in military and aerospace assets, is an example of

Most small arms are owned by government military forces.

Conflict theory suggests war is least likely to benefit

Many governments convince the public the only way to ensure world peace is

__________ is the main force of world governance.​

Democratic nations are particularly disinclined to wage war against one another.

The state is an apparatus of

How did the United States and the former Soviet Union try to limit the proliferation of weapons?​ Include specific details.

Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan concludes that it is _______ that leads to conflict.

Democratic nations are more likely to engage in war than totalitarian nations.

Guerrilla warfare is particularly costly in terms of psychological effects.​

Interrogation techniques used to interrogate potential terrorists at Guantanamo Bay are banned by international treaties.

The director of the U.S. Center for Defense Information suggests that wealthy nations can help reduce world conflict by

What are dual-use technologies? Give an example.

The bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City that resulted in 168 deaths and 200 injured victims was an act of _______ terrorism.

Industrialization ___________ a society's propensity for war.

World War II was largely a war over

The Internet was developed by private industry for use by the American public.