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
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - Which of these authors or theorists would be NOT be considered a realist?
A. Thucydides
B. Machiavelli
C. Hobbes
D. Woodrow Wilson - 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 - How important is the security dilemma for realist understandings of world politics?
A. Very important, as it determines how, or if, a balance of power emerges
B. Very important, as it determines if balance of power emerges naturally or must be constructed
C. Important, but not crucial to realist understandings of world politics
D. Very important because it determines how, or if, a balance of power emerges and it determines if balance of power emerges naturally or must be constructed - Realist approaches to environmental politics:
A. Emphasize the role of institutions in regulating the environment
B. Focuses ones of state power and interest
C. Emphasizes the role played by epistemic communities of scientists
D. Focus on the dissemination of environmental norms - 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 - Why is ‘uncertainly’ so crucial to the realist account of security?
A. Because it causes the system to be anarchic
B. Because is leads to lack of trust in the international system
C. Because it changes the balance of power in the international system
D. None of the above - How do realist understand power in the process of regime formation?
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 - The United States did not enter the Great War until 1917. However on April 21st 1914, America seized the Mexican town of Vera Cruz. Which US president ordered this?
A. William J. Bryan
B. Woodrow Wilson
C. General Pershing
D. Theodore Roosevelt - Klemens Von Metternich, the great 19th century diplomat was from which country?
A. Prussia
B. Austria
C. France
D. Russia
