INTL 2000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Earth Liberation Front, Boko Haram, Terrorist Threats
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Study guide / intl 2000 / exam 2. Characterized by domination of a single power over most the world it has contact with. Systems in which loyalties are based on allegiance to landowners. There is no ruling entity beyond the national level. Ended the 30 years war which was a conflict mostly characterized by fighting between catholics and protestants in europe. Set up a system that defined states on the basis of: The us used this strategy during the cold war to limit the expansion and influence of the ussr. Basic idea was that the spread of democracy, and probably more significantly the expansion of free markets throughout the world with the resulting increased trade, would connect countries together and create greater consequences for their engagement in conflicts. Political realism draws attention to states" desire for power & liberalism which emphasizes the possibility for cooperation among states. The theory finds its roots in the work of nicollo machiavelli.
