Exam 16: Foundations, war, and Peace

The institutions in the twentieth century appeared to be more effective than those created in previous periods of the international system.Explain why Cold War and post-Cold War institutions have been more successful than those in the nineteenth century and interwar period.

Which of the following is an example of bargaining?

If nondemocratic leaders lose office after they have lost a war,what usually happens to them?

Game theory is:

How does the bargaining model apply to civil war and terrorism?

Which is a major risk of alliance commitments?

The strategy whereby the United States created a thick institutional structure after World War II was known as:

Why might a state engage in a diversionary conflict?

Why do states usually try to solve their disagreements through bargaining?

What is NOT one of the ways in which the United States attempted to challenge,counteract,and contain the Soviet Union?

What is a reasonable explanation for why bargaining may NOT work between terrorist groups and the state?

Nuclear weapons have been pivotal in defining the Cold War period.What is true of the way in which they helped shape the interests of the major powers during this time period?

What type of interactions are the most difficult to overcome?

What was NOT a factor encouraging decolonization?

Which era of world history can be defined as "wealth is power and power is wealth"?

Which military alliance persisted from the Cold War into the present?

Why is the Great Depression linked to the outbreak of World War II?

Which is NOT a factor that can facilitate cooperation?

How do institutions constrain leaders and inform opponents?

The provision of international public goods,such as collective security,tend to be most effective when there: