Why might bilateral cooperation be more difficult to achieve than multilateral?
a. There are fewer players involved.
b. There are more powerful players involved.
c. Both players fear the other may defect from any agreement reached.
d. Multilateral bargains usually deal with relatively uncontroversial issues.
e. Concerns over relative gains loom large when there are only two major players.
What is the democratic deficit identified by Keohane?
a. Many international institutions include members that are not democratic.
b. International institutions almost never address the concerns of ordinary people.
c. International institutions are generally not effective at promoting democracy around the world.
d. Many institutions are dominated by powerful states that do not represent a majority of the world's population.
e. International institutions have immense power but are run by unelected elites who are not accountable to ordinary people.
Why might the growing importance and number of international institutions be puzzling to a political realist?
a. Realism assumes that humans are fundamentally uncooperative by nature.
b. The institutions that have emerged are not of the type that realism would predict.
c. Realists posit a world dominated by sovereign states in which international institutions serve no purpose.
d. A realist would not be puzzled by this because international institutions play an important role in realist theory.
e. A realist would be puzzled because these international institutions appear to have had a significant impact on the distribution of capabilities across the system.
One reason identified by Hoffmann for why international law can end up being detrimental to world order is
a. that states habitually ignore the legal claims of other states.
b. that international law is often used as a tool of policy by statesmen.
c. that much of international law authorizes states to increase their power.
d. that international law cannot be enforced in the absence of a world government.
e. that international law typically favors the interests of the strong over those of the weak.
According to Morgenthau, what role should compromise play in the practice of diplomacy?
a. A diplomat should be willing to compromise on all issues.
b. A diplomat should never compromise with an aggressive state.
c. A diplomat should only compromise when the national interest is at stake.
d. A diplomat should determine whether or not to compromise based on the power of the other state.
e. A diplomat should be willing to compromise on all issues that are not vital to the national interest.
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