International Security

War is the oldest, most prevalent, and most salient issue in international relations.

• Correct

• Wrong

The study of war reshapes international relations & societal perspective.

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• Wrong

The analysis of war may be divided into several approaches except:

• Philosophical

• Political

• Sociological

• Tactical

Reasons for war:

• Profit and economic.

• Faith and identity.

• Revolution and independent.

• All: A, B & C

What is security?

• alleviation of threats / freedom from war

• war

Approaches to Security

• Realism

• Liberalism

• Both: A & B

Basic shared elements of Realism

• International system is anarchic

• Power as a defining feature of the international system

• States as essentially unitary actors

• All: A, B & C

Characteristics and terms that often associated with Liberalism:

• Pursuit of Human Rights

• Democracy

• Cooperation

• All: A, B & C

Interest and behaviours of political agents are socially constructed by collective meaning, interpretations, and assumptions

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• Wrong

Critical Security Studies tried to create a broad church for critical study of security, seeing ‘critical’ as an orientation rather than a unique theoretical perspective.

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• Wrong