POL 202 chapter 14

Select the countries that are current signatories of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

-Iran -South Africa

The nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) contributed to halting the nuclear weapons programs of which of the following countries?

Correct: -South Africa -Brazil -Argentina Incorrect: -North Korea

Why do unskilled workers in the developing world tend to oppose globalization?

Correct Answers: -Developing countries tend to have weaker social safety nets than developed countries. -Labor in developing countries has less access to political institutions than labor in rich countries. Incorrect Answers: -The Stolper-Samuelson model predicts negative consequences for their income. -Globalization has not increased access to capital for developing countries.

What issues suggest China's rise will be accommodated through peaceful engagement?

Correct Answers: -foreign direct investment -China's role in international trade Incorrect Answers: -human rights

What led to increasing globalization in the twentieth century?

Correct Answers: -improvements in transportation technology -the rise of the Internet -trade policy choices by states Incorrect: -shared interests in labor market stability -state-centered economic philosophies -desire for cultural integration

Which of the following are reasons why globalization has seen broad-based opposition by labor in developed countries

Correct Answers: -increasing inequality between workers and capital owners -fears of a race to the bottom in labor standards Incorrect Answers: -slower rates of economic growth -lower levels of economic volatility

Which of the following factors might cause a reversal in globalization?

Correct Answers: -international agreements -state policy choices on trade and finance Incorrect Answers: -transportation technology -Internet and communications

Which examples illustrate the difficulties of coercive disarmament?

Correct Answers: -negotiations with North Korea over their nuclear weapons program -U.S. intervention in the civil war, in which Libya's Qaddafi was killed Incorrect Answers: -Israel's bombing of Iraq's Osirak reactor in 1981 -U.S. cyberattacks on Iran's Natanz enrichment site

Who in the United States might be expected to support globalization on the basis of the Stolper-Samuelson model?

Correct Answers: -owners of apparel factories in the Carolinas -shareholders in the Boeing Company Incorrect Answers: -the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).

Which of the following are requirements for the success of mutually assured destruction (MAD)?

Correct Answers: -second-strike capability -rational leaders -verification of an attack's origin Incorrect Answers: -first-strike capability -anti-ballistic missile systems

The postwar order has been characterized by which of the following?

Correct Answers: -the United States' role as a leading actor -increased economic exchange -the spread of democracy Incorrect Answers: -bilateral negotiations

What issues suggest China's rise might be a showdown?

Correct Answers: -international financial institutions -maritime boundaries Incorrect Answers: -China's possession of nuclear weapons

Which of the following are international organizations that were created in the post-World War II period?

Correct: -International Monetary Fund (IMF) -General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Incorrect: -Bank for International Settlements -League of Nations -International Committee of the Red Cross

Select all of the examples in which proliferation was prevented because of security guarantees from a nuclear power.

Correct: -Japan after World War II -Syria prior to the early 2000s -South Korea in the postwar period Incorrect: -the United States during World War II -India after its independence from Britain

What factors increase the likelihood of success through coercive disarmament?

Correct: -States compelling disarmament can offer positive incentives to target states that agree to disarm. -States using threats of force have greater capabilities than target states. Incorrect: -Target states cannot protect their weapons facilities. -Threatening states can credibly commit to negotiated solutions.

Why might nuclear deterrence be less successful in the future?

Correct: -Terrorists may acquire nuclear weapons. -States that acquire nuclear weapons in the future may not meet the requirements of deterrence Incorrect: -No conventional wars have been fought between two nuclear states. -Large numbers of states currently possess nuclear weapons.

Which of the following factors have historically caused large shifts of power in the international system?

Correct: -economic growth -technology Incorrect: -culture -international institutions

Why might the rise of a new major power be potentially dangerous?

Correct: -incentives for declining power to wage preventive war -increasing willingness to threaten force Incorrect: -inability to alter the status quo to accommodate the new power distribution -preference of rising state to choose conflict over peaceful solutions

Which of the following are feasible strategies for preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)?

Correct: -providing alternative means of security -blocking access to fissile materials -increasing the costs of proliferation Incorrect: -keeping bomb-making techniques secret

Who in the United States might be expected to oppose globalization on the basis of the Ricardo-Viner model?

Correct: -shareholders in the Domino Sugar company -engineers employed in a blast furnace steel mill Incorrect: -workers in Mississippi cotton fields

In which of the following examples would the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty's (NPT) role as an institution be likely to bolster nonproliferation?

Correct: -Bolivia's president announces that the country will build a nuclear power facility. -Botswana alleges that South Africa has removed uranium from the Pelindaba facility for use in a bomb. -Iran declares that it will utilize the Arak heavy water reactor, which will produce weapons-grade plutonium as a byproduct. -Pakistan contends that the fissile materials it transfers to Saudi Arabia are for peaceful energy applications. -Iran declares that it will utilize the Arak heavy water reactor, which will produce weapons-grade plutonium as a byproduct. Incorrect: -North Korea has been discovered to be negotiating the transfer of weapons-grade fissile materials to three states in Africa.

The backlash against globalization by those in developing countries is best illustrated by the failure of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

False

Which of the following periods of time marked a reverse in globalization?

Interwar period

Imagine you are the finance minister of a developed European nation. Fill in the blanks with the advice you would give your government on ways to mitigate the harms of globalization to the citizens of your country

Job retraining programs would allow workers to enter more competitive sectors of the economy, while health insurance subsidies would further protect workers who might lose benefits because of unemployment.

The Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was signed in 1968. Place the following subsequent events concerning the proliferation of nuclear weapons in chronological order.

NPT reaches 61 signatures, Israeli planes bomb the Osira reactor, South Africa dismantles its nuclear arsenal, Libya agrees to dismantle its nuclear program in exchange for a security agreement from the US, Iran negotiates a deal restricting its nuclear program in exchange fro relaxation of economic sanctions.

How did the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) serve the interests of both nuclear and non-nuclear weapons states?

Nuclear weapons states may keep their nuclear weapons while other states may receive assistance in developing nuclear energy

Among the following scenarios, which would most likely threaten the success of mutual nuclear deterrence?

Pakistan is taken over by extremist militants

What is most responsible for recent waves of migration to the United States and Europe?

Political and economic instability in developing countries

Select the statement that best describes the United States' commitment to democratization during the Cold War.

The US supported democracy when and where there was little danger of communist influence taking over

The stated preference of the Trump administration for a containment strategy toward China appears to be driven by which of the following?

The US trade deficit and its impact on jobs

A peaceful transition among the most powerful states occurred during which of the following?

The rise of the US and the decline of Great Britain

Prior U.S. preferences for engagement with China have been driven by which of the following factors?

business pressure to gain access to the Chinese market

Consider the following recent actions by the United States with respect to China. Label each scenario as either an example of engagement or an example of containment.

engagement: -Although it remains on the "monitoring list," China has not been labeled as a currency manipulator by the U.S. Treasury Department. -China's portion of the voting shares of the World Bank was increased from 2.77 percent to 4.42 percent in 2010. containment: --In May of 2018 two naval warships, the USS Higgins and the USS Antietam, sailed within 12 miles of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. China considered this a provocative act and an encroachment on its territory. -Since 2010 the United States has sold Taiwan over $15 billion in arms. China regards Taiwan as part of its sovereign territory and has resisted any suggestion of its independence.

Which of the following strategies is most likely to be successful in denying terrorists access to nuclear weapons?

enhancing the security of existing nuclear facilities

Click on the descriptions that can be accurately ascribed to populism.

skeptical of corrupt elites found in both developing and developed countries