Defense burden is
A) persuading a potential adversary to refrain from attacking through the threat of costly retaliation.
B) the principle that a state has authority and independence to rule without interference.
C) the ratio of military spending to overall gross domestic product of a country.
D) the transformation of weapons, military organizations, and operational concepts that leverages technological innovations.
E) the use of military force to stop a foe from doing something it was already doing, or start doing something it was not yet doing.
When we say the international system lacks a central government, we are referring to which fundamental feature of international relations?
A) Anarchy
B) Complexity
C) Diversity
D) Reciprocity
E) Sanctity
As of 2011, _____ spent as much on its military as nearly all of the rest of the world combined.
A) China
B) India
C) Iran
D) Russia
E) the United States
In 2007, Russia claimed which previously undeclared piece of territory?
A) Antarctica
B) The Arctic Ocean
C) The Bering Strait
D) Siberia
E) The South Atlantic
Virtually every state in the world, with the exception of Costa Rica, Grenada, and some of the small micro-states of the Pacific has
A) a constitution.
B) a head of state.
C) military forces.
D) naval units.
E) nuclear capabilities.
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