Review Sheet

Third Closed-book Assessment December 05, 2012 —Format— This assessment takes the same format as the first one. It will take place in class, you will have fifty (50) minutes to complete the exam, and there are two (2) parts to the exam. —Identifications— Choose four (4) terms from a list of eight (8) derived from the list below. Define the term or explain what it is/means, cite a reading in which it is important, and explain the significance of the term by explaining how and why it is relevant to other terms or material that we have covered in class to date. Be as specific as possible. (10 points each, 40 points total)

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Asian Tigers

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Lost Decade

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Balance of power

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National Missile Defense

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Balance of threat

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Nonaligned movement

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Battle of Mogadishu

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Dr. James Orbinski

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Bush Doctrine

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Peacekeeping

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Deng Xiaoping

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Preemptive war

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Expansion of NATO

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Rogue states

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Fatah

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START

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Hamas

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Taiwan Strait

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Jammu and Kashmir

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Tribalism

—Short Essay Questions— Choose one (1) question from a list of three derived from the list of questions below. (60 points)

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Compare and contrast the responses by the George W. Bush and Obama Administrations to the threat of terrorism. Which paradigms are most compatible with both administrations’ approaches and why?

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Can a hegemon convince the rest of the world that it is benevolent? How would the balance of power and balance of threat theories expect the rest of the world to respond to a benevolent American hegemon? What does the historical record since the end of the Cold War indicate about how the world is responding to American unipolarity?

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What are the precepts of Layne’s offshore balancing strategy? Is this a strategy you think the US should pursue? How would this strategy affect US security in the long run?

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Provide three explanations for why Africa has been slower to develop than the rest of the world.

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Why was India able to maintain its independence from the USSR and the US during the Cold War? Why did India end up leaning towards the USSR?

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What effect does the nuclearization of the subcontinent have on the stability of IndoPakistani relations? Why? How will this affect international security?

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What does Dr. Orbinski say about what humanitarian intervention is and what it has become? In what ways is military intervention problematic during humanitarian crises? Politics is the exercise of power. In what ways is Dr. Orbinski political?