Review Sheet for "Peace & War" Section

In Section next week you'll take the quiz for the "Peace & War" material. This quiz will cover everything from the previous quiz. 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
Antiterrorism, Counterterrorism
Ethnic Conflict
Civilizations (Huntington)
Arguments pro and con on Huntington
Asymmetric Conflict
Nuclear Proliferation/Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
National Missile Defense (argument, pros and cons)
Security Dilemma
Arms Racing
Multilateral versus Unilateral
Externalities of US Missile Shield
North Korea, Iran, and Nuclear Terrorism
Torture
Unilateral versus Multilateral
Soft Power/Hard Power (trade-offs between the two)
US Position in World Today

Discussion Session for Bacevich's "The New American Militarism"

We'll get together Thursday afternoon/evening (February 28th) at 5PM at Black Bear (across from 123 Pleasant Street) downtown. Only come if you finished the book.

See you there.

February Extra Credit Book

For those interested, the first book you can choose to read for extra credit is Andrew J. Bacevich's "The New American Militarism: How Americans are Seduced by War" (Amazon link here, though you can buy it from anyone).

Have the book read by the end of the month, and we'll find a place and time to get together to talk about it.

Review List for First Quiz

Here is a list of terms and concepts from the first three weeks of class. This quiz will be relatively simple, as we have not covered much material. If you have any questions, post them as comments and I will answer them.

The list of terms refers back to concepts and theories we have talked about. The best way to study is to be able to define each term, but also be able to link each term with others up and down the list.

Theory (what it is, what it does)
Politics
Levels of Analysis (Individual, State, System)
States
Territory
Government
Legitimacy
Loyal Population
Recognition
Sovereignty
Nation
Nation-State
Nations in States
Nations spread among many States
Failed States
Trends in Cold War
Post-Cold War World
Globalization
Realism
"Bad" People, Piles of "Stuff"
Power
Demonstrate, Maintain and Increase Power
Liberalism
Rational basis for cooperation
"Economies of Scale"
Cheating
Domestic Politics
Constructivism
Marxism
Balance of Power Simulation

If you have any questions, post them here as comments and I will answer. Obviously, posting questions late Wednesday night is less likely to get an answer than earlier.