Download International Relations Terms and Theories and more Quizzes Geopolitics in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Scramble for Africa DEFINITION 1 Used by lenin in his 2cd image theory to explain why capitalism, (an economy type) can cause war. Capitalism guarantee a constant flow of raw materials and new markets to sell to. and colonies are captive markets (imperialism). can occur peacefully until these new markets run out, which then leads to the great capitalist powers clashing with each other. TERM 2 Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) DEFINITION 2 Alison's model II. Subunits of state procedure output by executing previously determined policy options that are already SOP's. State is still more a unitary actor, just different aspects of gov determine outputs for different situations TERM 3 Rational Actor Model DEFINITION 3 Ailson's Model 1. The state is seen as unitary monolithic actor based on rational choice theory-EX. because mutually assured destruction by a nuclear war, the soviets had no choice but to bow to us demands and remove weapons. TERM 4 Macedonia DEFINITION 4 Before the rain-ethnic conflict between muslims and christians. didnt have a widespread ethnic cleansing, just little scrimmages. TERM 5 Chain-Ganging DEFINITION 5 ties back into the idea the balancing, I.E. internal balancing, is more effiecient under a bi-polar system than external balancing, or alliance formation, in multipolar system. Snyder and Christiansen- Chainganging vs. buck passing. Independent variables are Polarity of system, perception of offensive/defensive capabilities, objective offensive/ defensive capabilities, and geography. (one state attacked, drags in other states its allied with) TERM 6 Buck Passing DEFINITION 6 When allies renege on thier commitments to defend eachother, then the deterrent threats lack credibility and potential aggressors will be more keen on attacking. States dont want to bear costs of war. TERM 7 Cuban Missile Crisis DEFINITION 7 Alison used this as an example of how 3 different models could explain one situation. (what are the 3 models?) Russia puts nukes in Cuba, Do we respond diplomatic or fully aggressive? We choose non-agressive, works, russia recedes. TERM 8 Cognitive Dissonance DEFINITION 8 Under psychological category of 1st image theory. when your cognitive frame work doesnt match up with real world events can cause psychological distress. holding two conflicting ideas at once. TERM 9 Motivated Misperception DEFINITION 9 subconscious protects conscious from certain factors that are too painful to deal with. Wishful thinking. Stalin and Hitler- Stalin had so much trust in Hitler that he couldn't perceive the "horror" of being attacked by hitler when unprepared. TERM 10 Hitler DEFINITION 10 Stoessinger argues that inorder to explain Germany's foreign policy during WW2, you must understand the psychology of Hitlers personality. Irrational Behavior was a characteristic in Hitlers war plans because of Racist Idealogy-- Used railways to carry away jews instead of supplies/ didnt ally with ukranian nationalists cause he hated slavs/ delayed barbossa in order to repress southern slavs in greece thus fucking up time tables. Racism directly affected political decisions.
