A. States have to submit their power every time a regime is formed
B. Only powerful actors can form regimes, powerless actors must submit to them
C. Realists do not accept that regimes can actually be formed
D. Power is used to form regimes if such regime promotes the power-holder’s long-term interests
Related Mcqs:
- How do neo-liberals understand power in the process of regime formation?
A. Power does not come into play when a state enters an international regime
B. Power can be used by a hegemon to pressure other states to collaborate and conform to a regime
C. In the absence of hegemonic power, states can establish and maintain regimes through reciprocity
D. b and c - What are the main impediments to regime formation?
A. Lack of initiative from states
B. Slow economic growth
C. The anarchy structure of the international system, competition among actors, lack of reciprocity, and focus on relative power
D. a and b - why is reciprocity important for facilitating regime formation?
A. Because it is the major mechanism for establishing and maintaining a regime in the absence of a hegemon, since it deters actors from defecting
B. Because forming a regime needs much cooperation
C. Because following the golden rule puts all actors in the same situation
D. None of the above - The fifth-century BCE political realist who said that “the strong do what they have the power to do and the weak accept what they have to accept” was:
A. Thucydides
B. Hobbes
C. Ibn Kahaldum
D. Machiavelli - When Taliban regime came into power in Afghanistan?
A. 1992
B. 1995
C. 1996
D. 1994 - When Soviet regime came into power in Afghanistan?
A. 1987
B. 1989
C. 1985
D. 1986 - How does Realism understand the concept of power?
A. Power is based on economic strength
B. Power is a relational concept
C. Power is a relative concept
D. Power is a relational concept and power is a relative concept - Contingent realist argue that standard structural realism is flawed because:
A. they reject competition bias inherent in the theory
B. standard structural realism is flowed due to its emphasis on relative gains
C. there is no emphasis on cheating
D. a and b - What is the Realist image of the state?
A. The state is the most important actor of international politics and sovereignty is its distinguishing trait
B. The state will always seek to ensure its survival in a perilous international environment
C. The state behaves morally and in accordance to what its population’s values are
D. The state is the most important actor of international politics, sovereignty is its distinguishing trait and the state will always seek to ensure its survival in a perilous international environment - What reasons do we have to think that the 21st century will be a realist century?
A. Africa is still plagued by civil conflict
B. Europe continues to be as divided by national interest
C. Human rights assumptions are increasingly seen as a Western agenda backed by economic dollars and military divisions
D. b and c
