Bruce Mesquita - Principles of International Politics

inclusiveness of, 263

membership, 199, 395, 497

United Nations Millennium Challenge Program, 389

United Nations Security Council (UNSC)

Cuban missile crisis, 19–20

decision-making rules, 264–265, 428, 464–465, 497, 502

membership dynamics, 190, 395, 396 (figure)

United States (U.S.)

alliance politics, 178 (figure), 179

arms control negotiations, 72, 222

China and, 190

Cold War politics, 179, 496, 497, 498, 499–501

colonialism and, 491, 492 (map)

Cuban Missile Crisis and, 19–21, 211–215

currency policy of, 197–198

democratic peace and, 452, 453–454

democratization efforts ( see Democratization)

domestic institutions, 85–86, 378

economic recession, 503

electoral system of, 21, 81, 90 (note 7)

end of Cold War analyzed, 502

environmental issues, 245, 280–281, 282–283, 284, 285–286, 288–291

foreign aid policy, 386–388, 389, 416, 417

foreign policy choices, 219–220

historical developments, 485–486, 487–488, 490, 491

international power and status, 193

Iranian politics and, 325, 501

Korean politics ( see North Korean nuclear program)

NATO Kosovo mission, 280

responses to citizen protests, 403

role in international system, 197

Somalia intervention, 199, 208

terrorist attacks, and responses, 68, 417, 421–422, 457, 476, 481 (note 2), 502–503

trade politics and, 61, 339, 344–347, 348, 358

treaty power and obligations, 296–297

voting rights and, 472, 489

World War I, 492–493

World War II and aftermath, 495–496, 497

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 302

Universal domain, 14

UN Treaties on Human Rights, 241

Updated belief, 426

Uruguay, 324

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), 391 (box)

Useful assumptions, 41, 42–43, 45–46, 51, 59

USS Abraham Lincoln, 454

USS Cole, 502

Utility, 107, 127

See also Expected utility

Value judgments, 42

Vanguard of the proletariat, 58, 493

Variables, 25

dependent, 26, 39–40, 43, 51, 52, 53, 55

independent, 26, 39–40, 43, 53, 55

Variance, 269–270

Venezuela, 61, 166, 244, 305, 461, 473

Veto

median voter theorem and, 110–111, 113, 118, 120, 123

United Nations and, 5, 190, 264, 265, 428, 464, 465, 497, 502

Vienna, 481, 483

Vienna Declaration, 302, 304, 306

Vietnam, 30, 61, 191, 318, 319, 493

Vietnam War, 210, 219, 223, 500

Voting rights, 472, 489

War

arms race relationship to, 237

as ex-post efficient, 209–211

as inefficient solution, 169, 209, 240

border disputes as cause of, 70, 229

expected utility of, 130–131, 140, 155, 162

factors affecting risk of, 168–175

Marxist prediction about, 58–59

military intervention distinguished from, 458 (note 7)

pacific doves hypothesis and, 225–228, 421

power transition theory on, 195–204

realist and neorealist theories on, 23–24, 175–195

resurrection hypothesis on, 217–219, 223–225

rules of conduct, 167–168

selectorate theory on, 229–237

strategic theories on, 55

structural theories on, 195–204

war-timing decisions, 77

See also specific wars

War effort, 190, 231–237

War of the League of Augsburg, 192

War of the Spanish Succession, 192, 486, 487

War on terrorism. See Terrorism and terrorists

Warsaw Pact, 179, 199, 470

Washington, George, 487, 488

Water (riparian) rights, 243–244

Weimar Republic, 470, 494

Weinberger, Caspar, 452

West Germany, 387, 470, 471, 497, 501

Westphalia, Treaty of, 192, 314, 317, 318, 483–484

“What Is to Be Done?” (Lenin), 58

William and Mary (king and queen of England), 486

William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy), 479

Wilson, Woodrow, 198, 208 (note 2), 444, 493

Wing-walking principle, 36, 47–51, 56, 59, 60

Winner-take-all situations, 135, 170–172

Winning coalitions

concepts delineated, 81–86

identifying and assembling, 82–94

terms defined, 65, 79–80, 81

Win sets, North Korean nuclear program, 114–124

Women’s rights, 27

World Bank, 136 (note 10), 273, 308, 351, 380–381, 386, 389, 390

World Trade Center, 68, 502

World Trade Organization (WTO), 198, 241, 261, 324, 345

trade liberalization role of, 356

World War I, 192, 491–493

alliances, 178 (figure)–179, 491

Marxist predictions, 58–59

origin and causes, 491

outcomes and consequences, 492–493

protectionism and, 326

war effort, 235, 236 (figure)

World War II, 192, 495–496

outcomes and consequences, 496–497

war effort, 235–236

Yalta summit, 496

Yamamoto, Isoroku, 62

Yemen, 68, 402, 502, 503

Yugoslavia, 481, 502

Zaire. See Democratic Republic of the Congo

Zardari, Asif Ali, 461 rights, 27

Zimbabwe, 27, 29, 368, 402, 413, 469

Zimmerman telegram, 208 (note 2)

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