What, according to Schelling, is remarkable about the following conflicts: the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Falklands War, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Gulf War, the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, and the Iraq War of 2003?

a. each involves a nuclear power fighting a non-nuclear power
b.none developed into world wars
c.each involve a large state invading a small state
d. no nuclear weapons were used


d

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Randomization in experiments is typically done using

A) a coin. B) an abacus. C) numbers in a hat. D) random numbers.

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The major strength of the most similar approach is that

a. it is the easiest method to generate a statistically significant number of cases. b. the findings apply only to countries with roughly the same value of the dependent variable as those in the study. c. researchers can generalize the findings to a wide range of different countries. d. the findings would seem to apply to countries with very different values of the dependent variable. e. it limits the chance that researchers will generalize from the findings to countries that are quite different from the ones examined in the study, which prevents them from drawing false conclusions.

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Which public official was the architect of détente and also served as President Nixon’s national security adviser?

a. Brent Scowcroft b. George Kennan c. Henry Kissinger d. Zbigniew Brzezinski

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When the selectorate theory argues that large-W leaders are more selective about wars they fight than are small-W leaders, it means that:

a. Large-W leaders select themselves into wars against weaker opponents. b. Large-W leaders select themselves into wars against stronger opponents. c. Large-W leaders select themselves into wars against large-W leaders. d. Large-W leaders select themselves into wars against small-W leaders.

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