Deck 16: Security and Insecurity

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The power politics approach to security set out by Hans Morgenthau promotes 'peace through strength'-where strength is equated to normative rather than material power.
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The 'security dilemma' refers to which of the following? Please select all that apply.

A) A constant competitive struggle for security in an anarchic international environment.
B) A dynamic that prompts states to look only to their own security interests.
C) A dynamic that undermines the self-help approach to security.
D) The confusion surrounding security choices in a multilateral environment.
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According to realist security analyses, the bipolar structure of world politics, as well as the deterrent effect of nuclear weapons possessed by both the US and the USSR, ensured the 'long peace' of the Cold War.
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The principles of international organization underpinning the United Nations and its role in global security derive primarily from…
Please select all that apply.

A) liberal institutionalism.
B) neo-realist institutionalism.
C) a creative synthesis of realist, liberal, and postmodern ideas.
D) none of the above.
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What did the doctrine of 'containment' applied by the US during the Cold War attempt to legitimize?

A) The opposition of the US to communist countries joining the UN.
B) The US strategy of playing China off against Russia.
C) The persecution of communists in Hollywood and the US cultural industry more generally.
D) The right of the US to intervene in civil wars abroad where communists were involved.
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In response to the establishment of NATO in the early Cold War period, the Soviet bloc established which treaty?

A) The Moscow Pact
B) The Warsaw Pact
C) The Warsaw Convention
D) The Warsaw-Moscow Pact
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The UK remained outside the military structure of the NATO until 1993 and was only fully reintegrated in 2009.
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The response of NATO to the end of the Cold War saw it consider a range of options and new policies, including which of the following? Please select all that apply.

A) Reformulating NATO's strategic concept to meet the changing conditions of the post-Cold War Europe.
B) The expansion of NATO membership to include a number of former Soviet allies.
C) The elimination of certain provisions relating to indivisible collective security.
D) A less prominent role for the US given the demise of the Soviet threat.
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Deck 16: Security and Insecurity
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The power politics approach to security set out by Hans Morgenthau promotes 'peace through strength'-where strength is equated to normative rather than material power.
False
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The 'security dilemma' refers to which of the following? Please select all that apply.

A) A constant competitive struggle for security in an anarchic international environment.
B) A dynamic that prompts states to look only to their own security interests.
C) A dynamic that undermines the self-help approach to security.
D) The confusion surrounding security choices in a multilateral environment.
A, B
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According to realist security analyses, the bipolar structure of world politics, as well as the deterrent effect of nuclear weapons possessed by both the US and the USSR, ensured the 'long peace' of the Cold War.
True
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The principles of international organization underpinning the United Nations and its role in global security derive primarily from…
Please select all that apply.

A) liberal institutionalism.
B) neo-realist institutionalism.
C) a creative synthesis of realist, liberal, and postmodern ideas.
D) none of the above.
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What did the doctrine of 'containment' applied by the US during the Cold War attempt to legitimize?

A) The opposition of the US to communist countries joining the UN.
B) The US strategy of playing China off against Russia.
C) The persecution of communists in Hollywood and the US cultural industry more generally.
D) The right of the US to intervene in civil wars abroad where communists were involved.
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In response to the establishment of NATO in the early Cold War period, the Soviet bloc established which treaty?

A) The Moscow Pact
B) The Warsaw Pact
C) The Warsaw Convention
D) The Warsaw-Moscow Pact
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The UK remained outside the military structure of the NATO until 1993 and was only fully reintegrated in 2009.
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The response of NATO to the end of the Cold War saw it consider a range of options and new policies, including which of the following? Please select all that apply.

A) Reformulating NATO's strategic concept to meet the changing conditions of the post-Cold War Europe.
B) The expansion of NATO membership to include a number of former Soviet allies.
C) The elimination of certain provisions relating to indivisible collective security.
D) A less prominent role for the US given the demise of the Soviet threat.
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