Multi-level Government: International, National and Sub-national

A federation is a system of national government centralized and decentralize their power with the regional government.

• True

• False

Confederation is a system of national government decentralized their power to the regional government.

• True

• False

Supra National government is a government which stay above states.

• True

• False

Can we compare the multi-level government with a Chinese boxes or Russian dolls?

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

Government is organized on different geographical levels in this way because

no single center could possibly do everything by itself. That's why we say it's like a Russian doll with one unit of government tucked inside another.

Peacekeeping missions should prioritize addressing local conflicts that involve high rates of violence against civilians, a risk of atrocities, or a risk of destabilizing the national political process.

• True

• False

The UN Secretariat should ensure that conflict analysis that informs the planning of missions, as well as induction training for senior mission leaders, includes analysis of high-priority local conflicts.

• True

• False

Joint Mission Analysis Center personnel in peacekeeping missions should conduct regular analysis exercises to prioritize local conflicts.

• True

• False

Peacekeeping missions should not allocate more staff to field offices to strengthen analysis and response to local conflict. This should include establishing or strengthening Joint Operations Centers and Joint Mission Analysis Centers in field offices near high-priority local conflict areas.

• True

• False

Fused systems: IS the system of local government in unitary states in which local authorities have more independence than in fused systems but within the authority of the central government?

• True

• False

Dual systems: IS the system of local government in unitary states in which central officials directly supervise the work of local government?

• True

• False