IAS Study Guide Spring 2005

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1 IAS Study Guide Spring 2005 Note: Here are the opening statements for the multiple choice questions. They will provide a guide for your preparation for the exam. Your notes from the lectures should be consulted in your preparation for the exam. You will not be able to bring this study sheet or any notes to the exam. The final exam will held in Wheeler Auditorium on Thursday, May 19, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. The exam will consist of 50 multiple choice questions. Please bring a No. 2 pencil and Scantron sheet. Streaming video of the lectures can be found at any of these three urls: or or Study Questions According to Kenneth Waltz, what is the most important difference between state actors, such as Saddam Hussein, and non-state actors, such as the Al-Qaeda? George W. Bush s foreign policy vision as articulated in his second inaugural is best described as: Which of the following apply to the concept of empire as discussed in course materials: According to Richard Clarke s commentary on The Battle of Algiers, According to Michael Mann there are four sources of social power: ideological, economic, military and political. Which of these sources of social power should be employed by the US if it is to successfully control Iraq? According to Michael Mann it is important that we distinguish between two different types of terrorism. He terms these two types: According to Michael Mann, the most significant difference between empire today and empire of earlier times is:

2 2 Fuerth s opinion on the Bush Administration s stated goal of spreading democracy across the world can best be summed up as: According to Fuerth, what is the European Central Bank doing that constitutes an ominous sign for the economic future of the United States? Leon Fuerth s concept of forward engagement is best described as: According to James Mann, which of the following best describes the common origin of the Vulcans: James Mann argues that we can see continuity between the foreign policies of the Clinton Administration and the George W. Bush Administrations. This continuity can best be described as: James Mann s central argument regarding the current Bush administration s foreign policy is best articulated as: The members of the Bush administration described as the Vulcans by James Mann include all of the following: According to Ambassador James Dobbins, the relationship between the United States and Nation-building is best summed up as: According to Ambassador James Dobbins which of the following constitutes a major error in the formulation of the US nation building policy in Iraq? According to Ambassador James Dobbins which country or international organization has been the most successful at nation building in terms of creating a sustainable peace and long standing democratic institutions? According to Ambassador James Dobbins why has the UN been more successful at nation building than the US? According to Ambassador James Dobbins, why should the United Nations continue to be the nation-builder of first choice? Why, according to Ambassador Dobbins, are US troops in Iraq better employed in securing the roads and lines of communication and sealing off the borders than in routine police activity? According to Ambassador James Dobbins, the definition of nation-building entails all of the following elements: According to Ambassador James Dobbins, lessons learned from past U.S. experiences with nation-building include: 2

3 3 Ambassador James Dobbins perspectives on the current Iraq conflict as expressed in his lecture include the following: The BBC/HBO film Dirty War engages which of the following themes: The film Dirty War is about: A dirty bomb is best described as: The message of the film Dirty War is best articulated as: According to the lecture by Steve Coll, the issue of proper U.S. involvement in Afghanistan in the 1980s and 1990s was ultimately resolved in the following way: In his lecture, Steve Coll identified the following issues as contributing to the very quick rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan during the 1990s: According to Steve Coll s lecture, the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan following the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001 was primarily a result of the following: Steve Coll s book Ghost Wars, as discussed in his lecture, is mainly about: According to Steve Coll which of the following constitutes one of the main reasons for the rise of the Taliban? According to Steve Coll, which of the following is true about the background of Osama Bin Laden? According to Steve Coll, which of the following constitutes Osama Bin Laden s primary aim(s) in the 9/11 attacks? According to Steve Coll which of the following best describes the relationship between Al-Qaeda and the Taliban? According to Steve Coll, Osama Bin Laden was surprised by the ease with which the Americans defeated the Taliban because Which of the following best describes James Fallows opinion concerning the likelihood of a US invasion of Iran under the current Bush administration? According to James Fallows, which of the following constitutes an institutional failure in the lead up to the invasion Iraq? According to James Fallows, the Bush Administration s invasion Iraq led to which adverse consequence for the national security of the United States? According to James Fallows, which of the following is an operational question that Bush Administrations needs to ask Iraq before it decides how to deal with Iran? 3

4 4 According to James Fallows, which of the following questions represents a strategic unknown with regard to the foreign policy of the Bush Administration? According to James Fallows, which of the following constitutes a reason why a US invasion of Iran would be more difficult than the US invasion of Iraq? Jonathan Clarke s book America Alone is mainly about According to Jonathan Clarke, what accounts for the influence of the neoconservatives in American political life? According to Jonathan Clarke, which two intellectuals shaped the ideas of the neoconservatives? According to Jonathan Clarke, prior to the 1970s many of the people who we now consider neoconservatives were considered to be left of center. What happened in the 1970s to distinguish them as a group? According to Jonathan Clarke, before what was the opinion of the neoconservatives about George W. Bush prior to 911? According to Jonathan Clarke, the Reagan years were surprisingly disappointing for the neoconservatives. Why then do the neoconservatives tend to describe this period as a golden age? According to Jonathan Clarke, which of the following are qualities of the neoconservatives? According to Jonathan Clarke, why did the neoconservatives press for the invasion of Iraq? According to Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi what should we bear in mind about elections in conflict and post-conflict situations? According to Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi, the Taliban are best described as: According to Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi, how should the new Afghani regime deal with members of the Taliban? The main message of Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi s remarks about the warlords in Afghanistan is best described as: In his interview with Harry Kreisler on the structure of networks, John Arquilla states that the strongest networks feature the following characteristics: Lowell Bergman s Frontline documentary Al-Qaeda s New Front makes the following points regarding terrorism in Europe: 4

5 5 According to John Arquilla how do political organizations of the twenty-first century, such as Al-Qaeda, differ from political organizations of the past? According to John Arquilla, which of the following can be used to understand the strength of a network? According to John Arquilla the concept swarming broadly refers to: Which of the following is a book co-written by John Arquilla? Lowell Bergman s Frontline documentary The New Face of al-qaeda was mainly about: According to the documentary The New Face of al-qaeda why was the US invasion of Iraq a positive development for Osama bin Laden and al-qaeda? In her lecture, Jennifer Sims uses the term stove piping to describe: In recounting the Houston Plan, Jennifer Sims argues that we can learn the following from past experiences with intelligence: Jennifer Sims argument regarding Washington, DC bureaucracies includes the following: Jennifer Sims urges all of the following: With respect to law enforcement, Jennifer Sims warns in her lecture that: According to Jennifer Sims, responses to the intelligence failures surrounding 9/11 include In her lecture, Jennifer Sims argued that a consensus exists in Washington, DC regarding the problems that plague the intelligence community. Those problems include In his lecture, what does Robert Gallucci identify as at stake during the first North Korea nuclear crisis? The danger posed by North Korea according to Robert Gallucci is that: For Robert Gallucci, the significance of 9/11 lies in the fact that those events: Robert Gallucci identified the current North Korea situation as: In his presentation, Robert Gallucci stated the following about the George W. Bush Administration s response to the North Korea situation: John Yoo argues that the Geneva Conventions against torture do not apply to those detained in Guantanamo Bay by the U.S. as part of its War on Terror primarily because: 5

6 6 Mark Danner argues that policymakers, including John Yoo, are directly responsible for the brutalities against prisoners in Iraq, such as those revealed in the Abu Ghraib scandal, primarily because: According to Andrew Bacevich, the U.S. military: For Andrew Bacevich, the militarization of the U.S. is In 1992, Paul Wolfowitz supervised the drafting of the Pentagon s Defense Planning Guidance, an internal policy statement on the mission of the U.S. in the post-cold War era. Leaked to major newspapers, that document stated that: Overall, this course explicitly engage with the following broad themes, identified in the first lecture According to Harry Kreisler in his introductory remarks at the beginning of the course, which of the following best describes the foreign policy ideas of the Bush administration? According to Tom Farer which of the following constitutes a body of international law that deals with the question of torture? According to Tom Farer, which of the following best describes the international legality of the war in Iraq? According to Tom Farer, which of the following aspect of national law represents a cause for concern? According to John Yoo which of the following constitutes a reason why the activities of al-qaeda should be considered acts of war as opposed to crimes? According to John Yoo, why does the Geneva Convention not apply to members of al- Qaeda? Which of the following best sums up John Yoo s attitude toward the torture of members of al-qaeda? According to Mark Danner, which of the following is an adverse effect of the use of torture by Americans? According to Mark Danner, what is the relationship between Bush Administration policy and acts of torture such as those committed in Abu Ghraib? 6

Guided Reading Activity 32-1

Guided Reading Activity 32-1 DIRECTIONS: Recalling the Facts Use the information in your textbook to answer the questions below. Use another sheet of paper if necessary. 1. What conservative view did many