Here are the terms/concepts you should know for the second test. If you have any questions, post them here and I'll answer. As I mentioned in class, you should not only know the terms on the list, but how they relate to the terms above and below.
War and Violence, Violence as part of Bargaining
Rationality and War
Sovereignty applied to Foreign Policy
Sovereignty as cause of war
Anarchy vs. Hierarchy
Power (different dimensions)
Models of Peace and War
Deterrence
Revisionist States/Status Quo States
State Sovereignty Perspective
World Order Perspective
Hegemony
US power
Reasons for violating sovereignty
Objections to Sovereignty
Human Rights Issues
Failed States
Genocide
Doctrine of Preemption
Organization/History of UN
UN role in Interventions since 1990
Iraq and Sovereignty
Terrorism Terrorists Acts
Objectives/Purposes of Terrorism
Justifications for Terrorism
Terrorists as criminals or prisoners of war
"Enemy Combatants"
Sponsorship of Terrorism
Causes of Terrorism: society, psychological, states
Al Qaeda as heirarchy and network
Antiterrorism, Counterterrorism
Ethnic Conflict
Civilizations (Huntington)
Arguments pro and con on Huntington
Nuclear Proliferation/Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
National Missile Defense (argument, pros & cons)
Security Dilemma
Arms Racing
Multilateral versus Unilateral
Externalities of US Missile Shield
Current Events (Iraqi Insurgency, US/UK Domestic Politics and Iraq, Helicopters in Iraq, North Korea, Nuclear Proliferation, Negative Effects of Hegemony, Six-Party Talks, Al Qaeda moving back to being a heirarchy)
(NOTE: You are not responsible for the last "Cases" chapter ("Let Them Drink Oil..."), since we didn't discuss it.)
