Pol 271 Final Exam

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International organization refers to:

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the ways that states arrange themselves for purposes of promoting cooperative and collaborative practices in world politics

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The Bretton Woods System created the ______, a formal organization designed to maintain stable exchange rates.

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IMF

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International organizations are both ______ and ________ of international law.

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Product; source

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World federalism refers to:

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establishment of world government

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________ was the Roman peace over most of the known world for centuries.

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Pax Romana

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__________ is the school of thought purporting that by solving specific problems for states, international organizations could ensure peace and harmony.

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Functionalism

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Spillover refers to:

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cooperation in one issue area is followed by cooperation in another

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The concept that successful collaboration on one set of problems would encourage similar efforts in other areas is something emphasized by:

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Functionalist school

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An important aspect of domestic institutions is:

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they can forcibly keep the peace

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The first major European supranational authority was the:

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European Coal and Steel Community

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The European Economic Community was established by the:

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Treaty of Rome

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A security community emphasizes:

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All of the above (aka peaceful change, ability to accommodate, harmonization)

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Security community refers to:

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a common culture

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Catch-22 illustrates the ______ in international relations.

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Prisoner's Dilemma

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Private goods are:

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tangible things that can be possessed as property or consumed as an individual

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Public goods are:

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good provided through the actions of individuals but belong to the group

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What two special characteristics do collective goods possess?

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nonrivalrous and nonexclusive

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Which of these is an example of an international collective good?

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global order

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Because collective goods are indivisible and non excludable, it creates a:

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freerider problem

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Which of the following strategies does not alleviate the freerider problem?

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privatization

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Also known as the "shadow of the future," _____ is an informal strategy to the collective action problem.

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reciprocity

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The two most important contemporary international organizations are:

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UN and EU

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The precursor to the rules and norms adopted by the UN was:

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League of Nations

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The UN charter was drawn up and signed by:

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just before the start of WW2

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The permanent members of the UN Security Council are:

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US, China, France, Great Britain, Russia

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During the 70s and 80s, the group most dissatisfied with the UN was:

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the industrialized North due to issues of development and equity beginning to dominate the GA discussion

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UN member states make contributions to the UN budget based on:

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relative wealth

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Administrative staff of Secretary General of the UN is currently:

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16,000 members

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Core principle of UN is:

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collective security

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Chapter VII, Article ___ empowers Security Council to identify acts of aggression and undertake military action.

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42

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______ seeks to manage a conflict and reach a settlement without identifying an aggressor or taking sides.

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Peace-keeping

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The economic doctrine that believes the best way to raise wealth and lower vulnerability is to encourage exports and discourage imports.

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Mercantilism

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______ believes that in the domain of international politics, international organizations and multinational corporations have the same influence as states.

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liberals

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Realists are concerned with _____ gains, while liberals are focused on _____ gains.

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Relative; absolute

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Contemporary radical thinkers examine the _____ that allows for the growing wealth divide in the world.

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"spontaneous consent" of the masses

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_____ is an event that illustrated the concept of both sensitivity and vulnerability.

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Asian Financial Crisis

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Two elements of interdependence are:

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vulnerability and sensitivity

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How quickly changes in Actor A bring about changes in Actor B illustrate the degree of:

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sensitivity

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The costs imposed by Actor A on Actor B even if Actor B tries to avoid these costs describes the degree of:

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vulnerability

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Vulnerability in the international system is measured by:

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the costs imposed on a state by external events

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Liberal view of interdependence is generally:

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positive and optimistic

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In 2009, high income countries accounted for approximately ___% of all international rule.

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70%

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Comparative advantage suggests that states:

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produce only the goods that can be produced most cost-efficiently and trade for the rest

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One of the basic principles of international trade refers to how states produce what they are best at producing and then trading the surplus for other goods. This is known as:

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comparative advantage

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The concept of comparative advantage was developed by:

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David Ricardo

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Economic policy known as autarky:

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minimizing trade to favor domestic production of goods and services, rarely cost efficient, undertaken when leaders value isolation (all of the above)

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An economic policy of autarky involves:

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minimizing trade in favor of domestic production

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Protectionism is a policy of:

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restricting imports

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Taxes and duties that are levied to control imports of goods and services are also known as:

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tariffs

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The economic principle that suggests the tariffs imposed on goods imported from one state are no higher than the tariffs imposed on those same goods from any other state is known as:

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most-favored-nation status

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Which of the following is not a non tariff barrier to trade?

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Taxes

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Economic nationalism attempts to:

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enhance economic competitiveness of certain domestic industries

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Total trade of OECD countries amounts to more than ___ of their collective GDP.

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1/2

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As a network of rules, norms, and procedures that regularize behavior and control its effects is known as ____.

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A regime

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The case where one state is able and willing to determine and maintain the essential rules by which relations among states are governed is called:

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hegemony

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Mechanism designed to help states manage their exchange rates, maintain their reserve currencies, and regulate the movement of international capital is called:

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an international monetary regime

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Founded in 1947, the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs established rules aimed at:

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reducing the trade barriers and mediating trade disputes

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Hegemonic decline under Bretton Woods System refers to:

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the 1970s reality that the US economy could not be the sole engine of economic growth

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By 2008, WTO membership was approximately _____ states.

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150

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By 2010, almost ____ trade disputes had been submitted to WTO.

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450

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A policy whereby state promotes certain export of industries by providing government subsidies or other forms of assistance is known as:

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strategic trade

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In 2010, US trade deficit was almost:

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$275 billion

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Embedded liberalism refers to:

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the economic liberalism embedded within shared understanding of international relations

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China's pirating of computer software, audio recordings, and other high-tech goods protected by copyrights is likely to decline in the future because:

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its membership in WTO will necessitate some economic restructuring and transparency

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Natural endowments have ____ impact on state power.

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considerable

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Larger economic entities typically fare better than smaller ones in the modern world economy because:

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small economies can often be overwhelmed by forces beyond the control of their leaders

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The creation of a single market out of a number of separate markets previously defined by national boundaries in order to take advantages of a larger market is called:

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economic integration

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Multilateral economic cooperation and policy coordination is designed to:

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enable the free movement of goods, services, labor and capital across state borders and promote economic competitiveness and prosperity

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The most successful multilateral economic cooperation and policy coordination to date is:

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EU

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The path toward European unification began with the creation of the:

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European Coal and Steel Community

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The Treatise of Tome, signed in 1957, helped further the process of gradual economic integration by creating the:

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European Economic Community (EAEC)

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A group of countries that agree to eliminate all tariffs between them and then adopt a common set of customs:

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customs union

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The signing of the _____ established a common market in Europe.

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SEA

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__________ is a group of countries agree to remove tariffs/barriers to free movement of labor and capital.

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common market

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Single European act of 1986 signed in order to create common market capable of:

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competing effectively with the US and Japan

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Most new members to the EU are:

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poorer and less industrialized

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In 2004, EU undertook its largest expansion with addition of 10 new members, including all of the following except:

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Bulgaria

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Admission of 10 new members in 2004 resulted in an increase of _____ in EU population.

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20%

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Admission of 10 new members in 2004 resulted in an increase of __% of European Union GDP.

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5%

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______ ensures that the core missions, policies, and structures of the EU as an organization reflect the interests of its sovereign member states.

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intergovernmentalism

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______ is the sovereign authority to decide the core missions, policies, and structure of the EU is granted to certain EU institutions.

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supranationalism

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The EU's ultimate law-making authority is called the:

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Council of Ministers

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The EU's main organ for policy proposal and implementation is called the:

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European Commission

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Institutionally, the EU is a complex of intergovernmental and supranational organizations in a combination also known as:

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pooled sovereignty

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The three pillars supporting the EU are:

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European Community, CFSP, PJCC

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The treaty establishing a constitution for Europe was signed in:

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2004

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The first financial crisis that hit the eurozone occurred in:

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Greece

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Institutions help states to move from Pareto suboptimal outcome of protectionism to the Pareto optimal outcome of free and open trade by providing:

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assurance

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Global and regional institutions like WTO and EU help reduce transaction costs by:

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increasing information and transparency

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NAFTA differs from EU in two primary ways:

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NAFTA is less comprehensive than EU and was not founded with the vision to deliver continental peace

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NAFTA is:

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free-trade area

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______ is the disproportionate concentration of economic flows or coordination of foreign economic policies among a group of countries in close geographic proximity.

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regionalism

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When we atlas about the process whereby economic, political, and sociocultural transactions are less and less constrained by national boundaries we are referring to:

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globalization

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Despite the fact that dismantling colonial empires and increasingly large impacts from technology have contributed greatly to interdependence,

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much of what we are calling interdependence is not really new, we are just seeing it for the first time.

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Liberals who believe national boundaries are becoming less relevant would prefer to see the world in terms of:

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transnational relations rather than international relations

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Globalization has aided the transnational illicit drugs trade to over _____ customers.

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180 million

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Complex interdependence is one vision describing the state of global politics and includes three major elements:

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actors other than states matter, military security is no longer dominant issue, use of military force is precluded as a matter of resolving conflicts