A.   the long-term trend is that there are fewer wars but more people being killed in them

B.   today's most serious conflicts consist mainly of skirmishing rather than all-out battles

C.   the advances in technology lead us to fear annihilation of the world more than destruction of a city

D.   major wars will continue regardless of trends toward fewer wars

A.   an explanation by Thomas Hobbes of how peace and cooperation are possible

B.   a theory developed to facilitate greater sovereignty

C.   a key belief of orthodox Marxism

D.   an explanation by Immanuel Kant of how peace and cooperation are possible

A.   balanced

B.   productive

C.   fewer

D.   more

A.   are stronger when embedded in permanent institutions

B.   can exist only when there is a concentration of power in the international system

C.   can exist only when there is a dispersion of power in the international system

D.   are weaker when embedded in permanent institutions

A.   United Nations

B.   League of Nations

C.   North Atlantic Treaty Organization

D.   European Community

A.   They are actors that are more important in the international system than are states.

B.   They cannot be modified once created.

C.   They coordinate the behavior of states to assist them in overcoming collective goods problems.

D.   They assist states in realizing their interests even when they could do so through unilateral forms of leverage.

A.   the formation of a broad alliance to oppose aggression

B.   a set of rules on which actors agree in regard to a particular issue

C.   a movement that examines how changing international norms shape the content of state interests

D.   the proposition that democracies almost never fight wars against each other

A.   States are not the central actors in international relations.

B.   State interests are objective.

C.   International institutions are important actors in international relations.

D.   A single set of values or interests applies to all states.

A.   The gender identity of actors does not affect their views and decision processes.

B.   Males influence international relations more often through nonstate channels than females do.

C.   Gender is typically irrelevant for understanding how international relations works because most heads of state are male.

D.   Femininity is associated with private and domestic areas, whereas masculinity is associated with public and political spaces.

A.   difference

B.   postmodern

C.   liberal

D.   revolutionary