Chapter 17 Self-test questions

. One key historical text in thinking about the state and security is …

Locke's Two Treatises of Government.

Smith's The Wealth of Nations.

Marx's Capital.

Hobbes's Leviathan.

. When was the United Nations formally established?

1815, after the Battle of Waterloo.

1918, after World War I.

1945, after World War II.

1990, at the close of the Cold War.

. The permanent members of the UN Security Council are ...

the US, the UK, the USSR, France, and China.

the US, the UK, Germany, France, and China.

the US, the UK, Russia, France, and China.

the US, the UK, France, and China.

. The establishment of the UN and the Security Council arose out of …

the desire to minimize international conflict following World War II.

a normative commitment to decolonization,

an optimistic view of a future world in which security is the norm rather than the exception.

all of the above.

. The United Nations Charter is ...

largely concerned with individual human rights.

wholly concerned with the relationship between states.

an attempt to legitimize the dominance of great powers over little ones.

devoted to a wide range of subjects including peace, justice, freedom, and economic and social rights.

. One security issue that feminism has particularly brought attention to is …

The use of rape as a widespread tactic in war.

The lack of women soldiers on the frontlines.

The lack of women in leadership positions in the army.

The fact that women suffer more as a consequence of war.

. The Brandt Report ...

argued that the developing world should get its act together and fend for itself.

recommended a massive aid programme to assist developing countries.

was inspired by Bob Geldof and 'Live Aid'.

insisted that aid should only be offered to non-Communist countries.

. Why does climate change have the potential to affect security questions?

It threatens to increase existing tensions between developed and developing states.

It could lead to the mass movement of refugees from areas that are no longer inhabitable.

Shortages of vital resources like food and water may give rise to conflict.

All of the above.

. What does the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) assert?

That it is the sole responsibility of the UN to protect citizens.

That although it is the responsibility of sovereign states to protect their own citizens, if they are unable or unwilling to do so then the responsibility falls to the international community.

That each state is only in charge of protecting their own citizens.

That it is the responsibility of richer states to protect citizens of poorer states.

. To what does the phrase 'fog of war' refer?

It was a historical reference to the clouds of poison gas that could be seen over warzones in World War II.

The fact that war in one country often spreads to neighbouring countries.

The blind nationalism and aggressive rhetoric that accompany war.

Clausewitz's observation that the planning and execution of war necessarily take place in a kind of obscurity.

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