Question 1

According to the liberal perspective, why did the Oslo Accords fail?

Accepted Answer

Answers may vary. The liberal perspective offers several explanations for why the Oslo Accords failed. First, it might have been due to the diplomatic inflexibility of leaders like Yasser Arafat. Second, it might have been because the government coalition in Israel shifted to empower groups that opposed negotiations. Third, it might have been an interaction between Israeli and Palestinian extremism, with one causing the other to increase, and vice versa. Fourth, it might have been caused by the fact that the Oslo Accords did little to improve the economic prospects of the Middle East. Fifth, it might have been because the great powers (in particular, the United States) had other diplomatic priorities.

Question 2

The international organization that has a dispute settlement system with the authority to make legal determinations about whether or not a particular state's tariff policies comply with international treaty obligations is called the ______.

Accepted Answer

World Trade Organization

Question 3

Which of the following is true about the International Court of Justice?

Accepted Answer

A)   It has the power to force parties to appear before the court and to enforce its decisions.
B)   It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
C)   It considers four types of crime: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and crimes of aggression.
D)   It can only hear cases brought to it by states. D

Question 4

What did U.S. President George Bush stress when he stated that a "new world order" had begun?

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

Signed in 1968, which treaty strengthened the International Atomic Energy Agency by solidifying the commitment of nonnuclear states not to acquire nuclear weapons and of nuclear states to reduce nuclear arms and share nuclear technology for peaceful uses?

Accepted Answer

A)   the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
B)   the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
C)   the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe
D)   the Nuclear Weapons Convention

Question 6

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. The World Bank makes loans for development purposes, including which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   debt relief
B)   infrastructure projects
C)   projects to meet basic human needs
D)   sustainable energy and environmental programs

Question 7

Which of the following Bretton Woods institutions oversees exchange rate and other financial interactions among countries?

Accepted Answer

A)   the World Trade Organization
B)   the International Labor Organization
C)   the World Bank
D)   the International Monetary Fund

Question 8

The International Monetary Fund offers loans on the principle of conditionality, which means which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   The state receiving the loan cannot receive more loans in the future.
B)   The state receiving the loan must pay the loan back.
C)   The state receiving the loan must adjust its domestic policies to fix balance-of-payment imbalances.
D)   The state receiving the loan must offer other states economic concessions, like favorable trade or investment deals.

Question 9

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which two former Yugoslav republics became the focus of conflict when civil war broke out in 1991?

Accepted Answer

A)   Montenegro
B)   Slovenia
C)   Bosnia-Herzegovina
D)   Croatia

Question 10

Which of the following was a result of the Lisbon Treaty?

Accepted Answer

A)   It forced all members of the EU to adopt the euro as their common currency.
B)   It established the European Court of Justice, an institution to interpret and enforce EU treaties and laws.
C)   It implemented many of the provisions of the European constitution by intergovernmental agreement.
D)   It gave the European Parliament the power to initiate legislation.

Question 11

The resettlement of ethnic groups, rebuilding of infrastructure and homes, and mediation of political processes of reconciliation and power sharing, are all examples of ______.

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

Liberal accounts at which levels of analysis lay most of the blame for failed diplomacy on the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)   the individual level of analysis
B)   the domestic level of analysis
C)   the foreign policy level of analysis
D)   the transnational level of analysis

Question 13

The use of poison gas by Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Bashar al-Assad in Syria against their own people are violations of the ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   Biological Weapons Convention
B)   Chemical Weapons Convention
C)   Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
D)   Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

Question 14

The weakness of the European Parliament has given rise to the debate in the EU about the ______, a criticism made of the EU that it is not directly accountable to the people it represents.

Accepted Answer

A)   spillover
B)   qualified majority voting
C)   democratic deficit
D)   second degree representation

Question 15

______ are those institutions above the level of the state, like the European Commission, that are motivated by common, rather than state-specific, goals.

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

Peace enforcement activities are those UN actions devoted to monitoring cease-fires and separating combatants in third-world conflicts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The ______ is a permanent tribunal started in 2002 to prosecute war crimes.

Accepted Answer

A)   International Court of Justice
B)   International Criminal Court
C)   Hague
D)   International Court

Question 18

Which of the following principles did Iraq violate by invading Kuwait?

Accepted Answer

A)   raison d'état
B)   sovereignty
C)   self-determination
D)   collective security

Question 19

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following are methods of spillover?

Accepted Answer

A)   mutual recognition
B)   path dependence
C)   adoption of minimal standards
D)   harmonization of regulations

Question 20

The ______ represents the maximum amount of money a country provides to the IMF for lending to correct balance-of-payment problems.

Accepted Answer

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Exam 7: Liberal Perspectives on Todays World: Collective Security, Multilateral Diplomacy, Interdependence, and International Institutions