Which of the following is an example of a threat to environmental security as presented by the UN Development Programme?
a. Children eat food that does not provide them with enough protein.
b. A population lives close to a nuclear plant that had a meltdown.
c. A family lives 100 miles away from the nearest medical facility.
d. An ethnic minority is often harassed and abused by the ethnic majority.
b. A population lives close to a nuclear plant that had a meltdown.
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Bueno De Mesquita states that flexibility in international organizations can be a good thing. Select the reasoning behind this statement:
a. A flexible agreement only means that punishments should be very rigid. b. Only the most powerful state members should have flexibility in adherence to the agreement. c. Temporarily suspending adherence to weather a domestic storm is required from time to time. d. A flexible agreement is only going to work if you have correct information about cheating.
Some of the issues that the Commission on Judicial Performance investigates include all of the following EXCEPT a. offensive courtroom behaviour. b. disparaging the attorneys
c. conviction of a felony. d. sexual harassment.
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. The claim that American involvement in Vietnam was “imprudent but moral” assesses the morality of U.S. policy in terms of American motives. 2. The end of the Cold War can be explained solely by the argument that the Soviet Union experienced “imperial overstretch.” 3. Waltz argues that bipolarity is a particularly unstable type of system because the predominance of satellite countries and allies complicates power calculations. 4. The American refusal to allow a Soviet occupation zone in Japan contributed to the birth of the Cold War. 5. The Soviet Union felt that the United Nations was too reliant on the U.S. and therefore could not be trusted.
During which of the following events did U.S. military spending comprise the highest percentage of federal spending?
a. the Vietnam War b. the Reagan administration c. the war in Iraq d. the war in Afghanistan