What strategy does Oye suggest as a means of promoting cooperation among governments?

a. decreasing surveillance in order to foster a community of trust
b. reducing international relations to a single issue in order to facilitate compliance
c. incorporating tactics of decomposition into international agreements to facilitate adherence
d. allowing for ambiguity in standards of conduct to avoid allowing overly stringent definitions to lead to misunderstanding
e. increasing the number of actors necessary to the realization of common interests.


Answer: c

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The supremacy clause, which establishes the supreme law of the land, is mentioned in which article of the Constitution?

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