Study Questions based on Workshop Cases

1. What were the actions taken by the Kennedy Administration after U.S. intelligence discovered Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba? Evaluate the wisdom of those actions.
2. Explain the significance of the Gorbachev era to Sino-Soviet-American Relations.
3. Explain the reaction of the Arab states and their leaders after Menachem Begin and Anwar El Sadat signed the peace treaty at Camp David. Were these reactions helpful to the peace process?
4. Evaluate the success or failure of the League of Nation in dealing with interstate conflicts..
5. Define the crucial provisions of the Bush doctrine adopted after September 11^th. Evaluate the wisdom of these provisions.
6. Elaborate on the achievements and failures of the American intervention in Afghanistan in light of the war on terror.
7. Describe the West’s concerns regarding the North Korean nuclear programme. What can be done to resolve the issue?
8. Elaborate on the political and ideological reasons which laid foundations to the post-1990s military conflicts in Chechnya.
9. Define the reasons for the North-South trade mismanagement.
10. Describe the reasons why democratic states may be restricted in the successful conduct of warfare in light of US intervention in Vietnam.
11. To what extent is the experience of the Nuremberg trials a precedent? In law? In morality? In social interaction? How could the Nuremberg principles be applied to modern day conflicts involving human rights violations?
12. Describe Darfur and the basic sets of conflicts that beset it. What caused the current conflict to erupt?
13. Was the NATO intervention in Bosnia a success or failure? Why or why not?

DEFINITIONS

Absolute advantage

ASEAN

Bush Doctrine

CIS

Cold War

Collective Goods Problem

Common market

Comparative Advantage

Congress Of Vienna

Constructivism

Containment

Council Of Europe

Customs Union

Dependency Theory

Dominance

Economic Union

EU Parliament

European Commission

European Council

Feminism

First Gulf War

Free Trade

Geneva Conventions

Genocide

Globalization

Hegemony

Idealism

Identity

IGO

IMF

International Bill of Human Rights

International Criminal Court

International Integration

International Law

Kyoto Protocol

League Of Nations

Levels of Analysis

Lisbon Treaty

Maastricht Treaty

MERCUSOR

Multinational Corporations

Mutually Assured Destruction

NAFTA

NATO

NGO

OPEC

Peacekeeping

Political Union

Realism

Reciprocity

Second Gulf War

Security Council

State

Treaty of Rome

Treaty Of Versailles

Treaty Of Westphalia

Unilateralism

War In Afghanistan

Warsaw Pact

Washington Consensus

World Bank

World Court

World Trade Organization

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