Realism

Classical realism represents power politics as a result of:

• Human nature and the anarchic structure of the international system.
• The influence of international organizations.
• Anarchy

• Economic competition among states.

Answer explanation

Classical Realism emphasizes the inherent nature of humans as self-interested and power-seeking, which translates into the behavior of states in the anarchic international system.

Defensive realism proposes that states are generally more concerned with:

• security and survival
• military expansion
• cultural influence
• economic dominance

Answer explanation

DEFENSIVE realism suggests that states prioritize maintaining their security rather than maximizing power, as excessive power accumulation can provoke counterbalancing actions from other states, ultimately reducing security.

Which of the following is not a pillar of essential realism?

• Statism

• Survival

• Sovereignity

• Self Help

Answer explanation

Statism, Survival, and Self-help are core pillars of essential realism, sovereignty is not explicitly considered a pillar. Instead, sovereignty is often treated as a foundational principle in the international system rather than a specific tenet of realism.

For offensive neo-realists, the most important thing to states is:

• Relative Power

• Monopoly on Violence

• Security

• Absolute Power

Answer explanation

OFFENSIVE neo-realists argue that states are primarily concerned with maximizing their power RELATIVE to others in order to achieve dominance and ensure their security in an anarchic international system.

For neo-realists, the most critical problem presented by anarchy is:

• Conflict

• Hegemony

• Self-Help

• Survival

Answer explanation

Neo-Realism, think about what Offensive and Defensive realism focus on which is SURVIVAL not SECURITY (Defensive believes that the way to survive is security, still concerned with survival more than security)

The lineage of classical realism is said to have begun with:

• Hobbes
• Machiavelli
• Thucydides
• Aristotle

Answer explanation

Cmon Girl, Political Thought? "The Strong do what they can, and the weak endure what they must?"

The condition of the international system, having no overarching central authority above the individual collection of sovereign states, is known as:

• order
• hierarchy
• anarchy
• federation

During the interwar period of 1919–1939, the academic perspective called ________ criticized the _____ perspective, which advocated the League of Nations

• realism, idealism
• liberalism, nationalism
• socialism, communism
• fascism, pacifism

What principle of realism involves a weaker State seeking to offset the power of a stronger State through the formation of an alliance with other States?

• Power projection
• Isolationism
• Collective security
• Power Balancing

Which realist thinker introduced the concept of "power politics"?

• Alexander Wendt

• E.H. Carr

• Robert Keohane

• Joseph Nye