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

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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
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
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
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 statement “War made the state, and the state made war”:
A. Comes from the work of historical sociologist Charles Tilly
B. Applies to the development and use of atomic weapons
C. Is the primary argument of Robert Heinlein
D. Is used to explain civil conflict in Africa
Which of the following countries recognizes the State of Palestinian as an independent state in January 2011?
A. Chile
B. Peru
C. Guyana
D. All of these