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Answer the question in the space provided (as best you can; use the back page if necessary). Questions 1-3 are worth 8 points each. Questions 4-6 are worth 25 points each.
1. How
did US President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “grand design” for “four policemen”
differ from the UN Security Council as it finally emerged?
- UNSC included more than the four great
powers that FDR wanted;
2. What
are two ways that the United Nations differs from the League of Nations?
UN can call on its members to use force
to enforce its decisions
UN included more great powers than the LoN
UN does not require unanimity in UNSC; LoN council did
3. What
are two legitimate uses of force under the UN charter, according to LGC[1]?
self-defense; international enforcement
action (George, p.75)
4. Which
theoretical perspective best explains the instability of the inter-war period
and why?
Which theory does not matter. Discussion
of LGC, chap. 3
5. Explain
the origins of the Cold War. Was the ‘security dilemma’ the main cause?
Show some understanding of the SD; draw
on Mingst or George, p.88-94
6. Explain
why the Cold War was a “long peace.”
See Mingst, p.48-49; nuclear deterrence
& bipolar dist. of power should
figure prominently (hegemonic US role; economic liberalism &
transnationalism; ‘long cycles’ of history might also be discussed