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

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

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

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

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

B.   a key belief of orthodox Marxism

C.   a theory developed to facilitate greater sovereignty

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

A.   more

B.   fewer

C.   balanced

D.   productive

A.   are stronger when embedded in permanent institutions

B.   are weaker when embedded in permanent institutions

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

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

A.   United Nations

B.   European Community

C.   League of Nations

D.   North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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

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

C.   They cannot be modified once created.

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

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

B.   the formation of a broad alliance to oppose aggression

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

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

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

B.   State interests are objective.

C.   International institutions are important actors in international relations.

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

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

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

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

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

A.   difference

B.   revolutionary

C.   liberal

D.   postmodern