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What is Militarism?

• The belief or the desire of a government or a people that a state should maintain a strong military capability and use it aggressively to expand national interests and/or values.

• Countries throughout Europe created alliances of mutual defense agreements. As a result of these treaties, if one country is attacked, its allied countries are obligated to defend this country. Such alliances will cause a domino effect when it comes to defending one another, which will result in a greater war. 

• The practice, theory or attitude of maintaining or extending power over foreign peoples, particularly through expansionism, employing not only hard power, but also soft power. Imperialism focuses on establishing or maintaining hegemony and a more or less formal empire.

• An idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, it tends to promote the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining the nation's sovereignty over its homeland to create a nation-state.

What are mutual defense alliances?

• an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, it tends to promote the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining the nation's sovereignty over its homeland to create a nation-state.

• the practice, theory or attitude of maintaining or extending power over foreign peoples, particularly through expansionism, employing not only hard power, but also soft power. Imperialism focuses on establishing or maintaining hegemony and a more or less formal empire.

• the belief or the desire of a government or a people that a state should maintain a strong military capability and to use it aggressively to expand national interests and/or values.

• Countries throughout Europe created alliances of mutual defense agreements. As a result of these treaties, if one country is attacked, their allied countries are obligated to defend this country. Such alliances will cause a domino effect when it comes to defending one another, which will result in greater war. 

What is imperialism?

• an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, it tends to promote the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining the nation's sovereignty over its homeland to create a nation-state.

• the practice, theory or attitude of maintaining or extending power over foreign peoples, particularly through expansionism, employing not only hard power, but also soft power. Imperialism focuses on establishing or maintaining hegemony and a more or less formal empire.

• the belief or the desire of a government or a people that a state should maintain a strong military capability and to use it aggressively to expand national interests and/or values.

• Countries throughout Europe created alliances of mutual defense agreements. As a result of these treaties, if one country is attacked, their allied countries are obligated to defend this country. Such alliances will cause a domino effect when it comes to defending one another, which will result in greater war. 

What is nationalism?

• an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, it tends to promote the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining the nation's sovereignty over its homeland to create a nation-state.

• the practice, theory or attitude of maintaining or extending power over foreign peoples, particularly through expansionism, employing not only hard power, but also soft power. Imperialism focuses on establishing or maintaining hegemony and a more or less formal empire.

• the belief or the desire of a government or a people that a state should maintain a strong military capability and to use it aggressively to expand national interests and/or values.

• Countries throughout Europe created alliances of mutual defense agreements. As a result of these treaties, if one country is attacked, their allied countries are obligated to defend this country. Such alliances will cause a domino effect when it comes to defending one another, which will result in greater war. 

Is peace against human nature?

• Yes

• No

Does humanity learn from its mistakes?

• Yes

• No