A false or unsubstantiated attack on someone's good name and reputation is called __________

a. slander
b. libel
c. defamation
d. gossip
e. calumny


c

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According to Downs, Rocke, and Barsoom, high levels of compliance with international agreements usually indicate that:

a. States have redefined their national interests. b. States are engaged in infinitely repeating interactions. c. States have made shallow commitments. d. States value their national reputation.

Political Science

His placement of ________ as secondary to _________ makes Sun Tzu's The Art of War part of the works of classic realism

a. a leader's ego; his martial aims b. morality; national security c. might; right d. the security of his people; the political leader's territorial aims e. external threat; internal politics

Political Science

Every threat

a. is credible. b. is an offer to negotiate. c. will lead to the use of force. d. comes from a state with a greater expected utility than the state being threatened.

Political Science

Party identification is a psychological orientation or long-term propensity to think positively of and vote regularly for a particular political party

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Political Science