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Chapter 2 Self-test questions
Theories of US foreign policy
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According to Rosenau, which factor is important to consider in explaining the foreign policy behavior of the United States?
The external environment of the international system
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Domestic environment, government and bureaucracy
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The President's individual personality.
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All of the above
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What, according to Systemic theories, is the primary determinant of a state's foreign policy?
The character of a state's leader
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The distribution of power in the international system
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The distribution of power within a state's governmental system
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A state's political ideology
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How do Defensive Realism and Offensive Realism differ in their explanation of state behaviour?
Defensive realists place greater emphasis on the role of international institutions
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Defensive realists place less emphasis on geographical factors
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Offensive realists give more priority to the national interest than Defensive realists.
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Defensive realists believe states are security maximizers, while Offensive realists believe states to be power maximizers
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What are the key elements of the Liberal approach to US foreign policy?
Promotion of Democracy, free-trade and international institutions
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Alliances, diplomacy and protectionism
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The balance of power, self-sufficiency and prudence
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None of the above
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What drives US foreign policy according to the Marxist perspective?
Economic protectionism
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Class consciousness
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The search for new markets
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Superstructure
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According to Realists, what accounts for the onset of the Cold War?
Ideological differences
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A power vacuum
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The expansionist nature of the Soviet Union
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Both b and c
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Which factor is cited by Revisionists as the primary cause of the Cold War?
The threat posed by the Soviet Union
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Domestic concerns of the US
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Soviet ideology
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None of the above
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Why do Liberal Internationalists argue that international institutions are important to US grand strategy?
They allow the US to withdraw from the international arena
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They serve American interests
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The US is incapable of acting alone
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None of the above
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What is meant by a grand strategy of 'primacy'?
Assurance of US parity with other powers
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Striving for American dominance in the international system
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Putting America's interests first
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Promotion of America as the world's first democracy
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What policies are part of a grand strategy of Offshore Balancing?
Maintaining a balance between the United States and other countries and not entering into alliances
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Investing equally in domestic and international security with balanced protection against terrorism and other states
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Embrace multi-polarity, show greater restraint internationally and require other states to meet their own security burdens.
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Isolate the US from the international system and not seek global power
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