Flashcards in Geopolitical Concepts Deck (48)
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Realism focuses on...
States
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Liberalism focuses on....
more on businesses rather than states
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Liberal people...
Never go to war
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Conflict
A major component of the international system
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EU is
A liberal institution
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Goals are
Beneficial to everyone
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Realists don't believe in...
schemes which may provide peace in the world
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Realists see the world as
Tragic and evil
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Realists are not
Angels
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Realists believe
You can not promote democracy
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Realists may not want a conflict
to prove something or want to get involved
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Criticism of realism
is when people believe everything is going against you
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Liberals would say (about war)
A real war promotes democracy
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Realists would say (about war)
a real war promotes national interest and that danger of war is always lurking in the background
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Any good foreign policy goal
is to have good ideas, aspirations, viewing the world from where it is, how it is better than where it was before
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Realists support
Dictators
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Idealist
League of nations
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U.S. Are involved with basis in the pacific because
of World War Two and Cold War they finished with claimed territory and they made the basis more solid
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3 level system which believes the world is in 3 categories
The world systems theory
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World systems theory categories
Core, periphery, semi periphery
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Core are dominant...
capitalist countries that exploit periphery countries
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Cores are powerful and
don't rely on anyone
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Location of first core region
Europe
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Periphery countries have
unstable government maybe run by someone else, cheap labour and industries not growing
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Periphery countries are also referred to as
Third world countries
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First country to be named periphery
Latin America
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Semi Periphery countries fall
In the middle of the economic spectrum
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A Semi periphery country
Is a combination of both periphery countries and core countries
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Name for countries outside the system
External countries
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Example of external country
Russia
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Core country locations
North America, Europe, Japan
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Peripheral country examples
South America, and some Asian countries
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Semi peripheral country examples
India, Brazil, South Africa
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How can the categories of the world systems theory be affected?
by shift in power, geographic expansion, recessions and growth
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Even though the world economy is changing
Counties mainly stay within the 3 groups
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Communist countries
Opt out of the world systems theory
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The world systems theory was developed
In the 60s
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What is NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, it is an independent military alliance
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Purpose of NATO
The main purpose of NATO is for the group of countries to defend each other from the possibility of communist Soviet Union taking control of their nation
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EU definition
The EU is a politico-economic Union of 28 member states which are all located primarily in Europe
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What role has the EU played on armed conflicts
Not particularly useful in armed conflicts
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Definition of the UN
The UN (United Nations) is an intergovernmental organisation to promote international cooperation.
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How many members in NATO
28
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Members of EU
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
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Liberal definition
international system creating opportunities for conflict and cooperation
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Spykman said....
The inner crescent was the rimland - stressing the importance of intra rimland competition
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Halford Mackinder
eurasian geopolitical struggle was a contest between landpower in the inner crescent
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