What does Art mean by the term task insufficiency?
a. Military power is often insufficient to achieve major foreign policy objectives.
b. States almost always lack the resources necessary to perform all tasks effectively.
c. Whether or not instruments of statecraft are sufficient to achieve objectives depends on the task at hand.
d. No instrument of statecraft, when used alone, is ever sufficient to achieve significant foreign policy objectives.
e. The sufficiency of single instruments of statecraft to achieve an objective depends on the nature of the objective.
ilitary power may be said to have a high degree of fungibility because
a. it can free a state from outside influence.
b. it guarantees advanced ranking in international relations.
c. it affords a state a higher position of power in the political realm.
d. it allows a state to gain influence by aligning with stronger states.
e. it operates at the same level of power as wealth and political skill.
In Art's view, which of a state's assets is most fungible?
a. its military power
b. its core ideologies
c. its economic wealth
d. its political leadership
e. its political governance
hen Art refers to force as being fungible, he means that
a. it is more flexible than economic power.
b. it is more useful to a state than economic power.
c. it can be used for a variety of tasks in a variety of contexts.
d. it is important but not very flexible as a tool of foreign policy.
e. it is not interchangeable between contextual situations.
According to Art, what makes force integral to political interaction in the international realm?
a. the anarchic nature of the system
b. the fact that all states have the capacity to use force
c. the fact that only the use of force is guaranteed to produce the outcome desire.
d. the absence of other viable sources of power with which a state can influence interactions
e. the fact that among all actors in international relations, only states have the capacity to use force
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