🤝International Relations MCQs
International Relations MCQs
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What do realists see as the most important element of national power in the short term?
Apopulation
Breal GDP
Cgeography
Dmilitary force
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Which of these is generally the most fungible of capabilities?
Amilitary spending
Bgeographic size
Cpopulation
Dmoney
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What term describes the ease with which alliance members hold together an alliance?
Aburden sharing
Bcollective security
Calliance cohesion
Dbalance of power
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Which of the following is true of Japan’s military posture?
AJapan maintains a small and weak army by world standards
BJapan public opinion restrains militarism and precludes the development of nuclear weapons
CJapan has only recently begun to develop nuclear weapons
DJapan’s economy could not support a much larger military force than it currently does
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The threat to punish another actor if that actor takes a certain negative action (such as an armed attack) is:
Afractionation
Bdeterrence
Ccompellence
Descalation
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_________ is the ability to convert one element of power into another.
AHegemony
BPower conversion
CRelative power
DFungible capability
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_________ refers to the number of independent power centers that exist in the international system.
APower distribution
BPower center
CPower shift
DPolarity
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The most important traditional norm behaviour in the international system is:
Asovereignty
Breciprocity
Clinkage
Dterritorial respect
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Which of these authors or theorists would be NOT be considered a realist?
AThucydides
BMachiavelli
CHobbes
DWoodrow Wilson
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What is understood by “survival”?
AThe need to provide shelter, nutrition and education in a state
BIt is the supreme national interest to which all political leader must adhere
CThe primary objective of all states
DBoth b and c