International Relations - Debate 3 / Lesson 12 (THE NEW DEBATE)

Match

Matching

• One country has most of the world’s power / Power is shared between many strong countries

• Rich countries with strong economies and technology / Poorer countries that depend on or support core countries

• Strong, influential countries with big armies and economies.

  / Weaker countries with less global power or influence

• A powerful country that influences or directs another.

  / A smaller country that follows or depends on a stronger one

• Winning influence through culture, ideas, or friendship.

  / Using force, threats, or money to get what you want.

unipolarity vs. multipolarity

core vs. periphery

great vs. small powers

controlling vs. client state

soft vs. hard power

• unipolarity vs. multipolarity

• core vs. periphery

• great vs. small powers

• controlling vs. client state

• soft vs. hard power

Multiple Choice

Which best describes multipolarity?

• One strong country controls many others

• Small countries working together

• Power is shared between many strong countries

• A rich country helping a poor one

Multiple Choice

What is a client state?

• A country that leads a group of allies

• A smaller country that depends on a stronger one

• A neutral country in a conflict

• A state within a powerful country

Match

Match the following

• An emerging superpower with a massive population and rapid development

• ...had a shortlived several decades as a Cold War superpower following WW2 – it remains powerful militarily

• The foremost superpower, the ----- is fading slowly in terms of its share of global power, but still dictates much of what happens in the world.

• The most powerful nation of the 1800s – it still plays an important role in interntional affairs, though its political, mililtary, and economic power have greatly diminished.

China (PRC)

Russia (USSR)

United States (USA)

The United Kingdom

• China (PRC)

• Russia (USSR)

• United States (USA)

• The United Kingdom

Multiple Choice

Which country is described as an emerging superpower with a massive population and rapid development?

• Russia

• China

• United Kingdom

• France

Multiple Choice

Which country was described as powerful during the 1800s but has since declined?

• The UK

• Russia

• China

• USA

Match

Match the following

• Post–Cold War Era (1991–???)

• Pax Britannica (1815–1914)

• The Cold War – (1947–1991)

• Post-Alexander era

• Roman Empire at its peak (around 100 CE)

Unipolarity - USA

Unipolarity - UK

Multipolarity / Bipolarity - USA , USSR

Multipolarity - Ptolemies, Seleucids,...

Unipolarity - Centered around Rome

• Unipolarity - USA

• Unipolarity - UK

• Multipolarity / Bipolarity - USA , USSR

• Multipolarity - Ptolemies, Seleucids,...

• Unipolarity - Centered around Rome

Categorize

Options (10)

China

USA

India

Germany

France

Brazil

Sierra Leone

Latvia

Togo

Armenia

Organize these options into the right categories

Great Power

Small Power

Superpower

Categorize

Options (8)

Organize these options into the right categories

Soft Power

Hard Power

Categorize

Options (10)

Hollywood movies

Tanks, Planes, and missiles

Nuclear Weapons

Economic Embargo

Toys like Lego

Culture

Espionage

Cyber warfare

Music and Pop Culture

Cuisine

Organize these options into the right categories

Soft Power

Hard Power

Match

Match the following

• Great power at the heart of Europe

• Emerging Great power in South Asia

• Eastern European Small Power

• South American Great Power

• Small Power in West Africa

Germany

India

Latvia

Brazil

Togo

• Germany

• India

• Latvia

• Brazil

• Togo

Match

Match the following

• wealthy, powerful, and industrialized

• less developed, often rely on agriculture or raw materials,

• A powerful country that influences or directs another

• A smaller country that follows or depends on a stronger one

• Cultural or Military influence

Core Countries

Periphery Countries

Controlling State

Client State

Soft Power vs Hard Power

• Core Countries

• Periphery Countries

• Controlling State

• Client State

• Soft Power vs Hard Power

Multiple Select

Two examples of Soft Power (CHOOSE TWO!)

• Scholarships for international students

• A smaller country that follows or depends on a stronger one.

• NATO bombing campaign

• Supplying weapons

• Economic punishment

Multiple Select

Two examples of Hard Power (CHOOSE TWO!)

• Controlling territory after war

• Sending food

• international summits

• Hollywood movies

• Cyberattacks

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Multiple Choice

What is military interventionism?

• Sending diplomats to negotiate peace

• Sending money to help with disasters

• Trading goods to improve relationships

• Using armed forces to influence or control

Multiple Choice

Critics of military intervention argue that it:

• Violates sovereignty

• Spreads democracy peacefully

• Always leads to economic decline

• Strengthens long-term global destruction

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a type of foreign assistance?

• Building a new base in a foreign country

• Sending medical teams

• Imposing economic sanctions

• Launching military drones

Poll

Which motion should we debate?

• THP a world with a single superpower (unipolarity).

• THP a world with multiple superpowers (multipolarity).

• THW invest more into soft power.

• THW invest more into hard power.

• THS foreign military intervention in countries with extreme human rights violations.