Which of the following is NOT a typical aim of multilateral arms control agreements?
A. Lessen the risk of war
B. Curb arms race competition
C. Achieve economic savings
D. Reduce the damage of war
E. Enhance the success of diplomacy
Which of the following is NOT a step in the process of the so-called getting-to-yes method?
A. Don't bargain over positions
B. Separate the people from the problem
C. Invent options for mutual gain
D. Use economic and military leverage
E. Insist on using objective criteria
The mentality in negotiations that if one side gains another side has to lose is referred to as:
A. no expectation of agreement
B. zero sum
C. realism
D. pessimism
E. coercive diplomacy
When former President George W. Bush failed to call German Chancellor Gerhard Schrder to congratulate him on his re-election in 2002 presumably due to Schrder's failure to commit troops to the looming war with Iraq
this could be considered an example of:
A. Coercive diplomacy
B. No expectation of agreement
C. Symbolic diplomacy
D. Conflict avoidance
E. Breakdown of diplomacy
ALL BUT WHICH of the following are possible reasons why economic sanctions are often not effective?
A. Targeted states can trade with other countries.
B. States do not have the means to properly enforce sanctions.
C. The sanctions affect the population more than the targeted governments.
D. Unilateral sanctions are not powerful enough.
E. They may take a long time to show effect.
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