PSC 124 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Cuban Missile Crisis, Hegemonic Stability Theory, Hans Morgenthau
13 Feb 2016
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Quiz #1 list of terms chapters 1 and 2. Alliance cohesion: the ease with which the members hold together an alliance; it tends to be high when national interests converge and when cooperation among allies becomes institutionalized. Anarchy: in ir theory, a term that implies not complete chaos but the lack of a central government that can enforce rules. Arab spring: democratic uprisings that arose independently and spread across the. Arms race: a reciprocal process in which two or more states build up military capabilities in response to each other. Balance of power: the general concept of one or more states" power being used to balance that of another state or group of states. Any ratio of power capabilities between states or alliances, a relatively equal ratio, or the process by which counterbalancing coalitions have repeatedly formed to prevent one state from conquering an entire region. Cis: commonwealth of independent states: a loose confederation of former soviet.
