Foreıgn Polıcy Analysıs Final 10. Deneme Sınavı
Toplam 20 Soru1.Soru
Cultural globalization refers to ....................
The establishment of cooperation and improving trade relations between states. |
The transmission of ideas, meanings, values around the World. |
The abolishment of the economic sanctions. |
The process which embodies the growing extensity and intensity of military relations among states. |
The free movement of goods, capital, services, technology and information. |
Cultural globalization refers to the transmission of ideas, meanings, and values around the World in such a way as to extend and intensify social relations. B is the correct answer.
2.Soru
Which one of the following countries is not a member of BRICS?
China |
Brazil |
Japan |
Russia |
India |
BRICS countries include Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
3.Soru
Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump can be claimed to have a strong belief in ____________.
isolationism |
alliance formation |
neutrality |
internationalism |
soft power |
Neo-conservatives feel comfortable with using brute force in promoting democracy. The change of Saddam’s regime in Iraq in 2003 through brute force and the adoption of democracy promotion as a security strategy in the post-9/11 era in the Middle East is the best example of neo-conservative version of liberal
internationalism in American foreign policy. The correct option is D.
4.Soru
Which of the following approaches handles states as seeking to maximise national interest and acts rationally in seeking them?
Idealism |
Realism |
Decision-making Approach |
Case-study Approach |
Event-data Approach |
According to realism, what defines the foreign policy is the national interest of state. In this approach, states seek to maximise national interest and act rationally in seeking them. This is to say that calculation of national interest is self-evident; it can be arrived at rationality through careful analysis of the material conditions of states (Alden and Aran, 2017, 3).
5.Soru
I. A group of countries strategically cooperate among each other.
II. They tend to have similar threat perceptions.
III. They support a multipolar international order.
IV. Members establish formal institutional bureaucratic relations.
Which of the above is/are true about soft-balancing exercising like Russia's?
Only I |
I, II and IV |
III and IV |
I, II and III |
Only IV |
Establishing formal institutional bureaucratic relations is an hard-balancing exercise, so the correct option is D.
6.Soru
Which below cannot be viewed as an interest group?
Media |
Labour unions |
Lobby groups |
Important figures in business |
Religious groups |
Labor unions, lobby groups, important figures in business, religious groups might be viewed as interest groups and each of them has distinctive characteristic when it comes to their impacts on foreign policies in their countries. Most interest groups have a participation system in which they can easily get in touch with each other in order to fulfill their goals whatever these goals are.
7.Soru
What makes the distinction between violent action and war?
Qualitative view |
Quantitavie view |
Social aspects |
Logical norms |
Ethical actions |
The quantitative view is an attempt to define war based on quantitative data which is possible to make a distinction between violent action and war. War can be defined as a threshold since the number deaths is over 1000. Accordingly , a specific criterion which is based on size, preparation and legitimation was formed to define such events as war. This definition excludes, unplanned, unorganized and nonlegitimized conflicts, such as riots, but on the other hand it includes large-scale civil wars which are ignored
in the political perspective.
8.Soru
What kind of foreign policy preference assumes that states define their national identity and interests in such a way to underline the interests and identities that they share with others in common?
Neutralism |
Isolationism |
Internationalism |
Alliance building |
Hard-power versus soft-power approach |
From the perspective of internationalism, states think they can achieve their foreign policy interests through close interactions and cooperation with other states in the system.
9.Soru
I- Ideas
II- Worldviews
III- Logics of action
IV- Management styles
Which of the above can lead to different foreign policy decisions?
Only I |
I and II |
II and III |
I, II and III |
I, II, III and IV |
Different ideas, worldviews, logics of action, management styles can lead to different foreign policy decisions.
10.Soru
Which of the following is the first international agreement upon which the parties committed that they would not use war to resolve disputes or conflicts that may arise among them?
Treaty of Versailles |
Briand-Kellogg Pact |
Nazi-Soviet Pact |
Atlantic Declaration |
UN Charter |
The Briand-Kellog Pact is the first international agreement upon which the parties committed that they would not use war to resolve disputes or conflicts that may arise among them. The answer is B.
11.Soru
Which one of the following terms refers to the set of discrete acts or a process?
Decision unit |
Decision making |
Implementation |
Manufacturing of consent |
Rationality |
Implementation is a different way of naming decision-making. However, the concepts implementation and decision-making should not be used interchangeably since not every decision needs to be implemented. In other words, implementation is described as “a set of discrete acts or as a process” (Evans and Newnham, 1998, p. 245).
12.Soru
Who coined the term, manufacturing consent?
Walter Lippmann |
Hans Kelsen |
Ernst Haas |
David Mitrany |
Max Weber |
Walter Lippmann coined the term, manufacturing consent.
13.Soru
Which below can be considered an example of domestic actors that influence decision-making?
Treaty alliances |
Trans-governmental coalitions |
Multi-national corporations |
Inter-governmental organisations |
Unions |
What we mean by saying domestic factors in foreign policy is fundamentally the factors which are external to the formal state fabric, i.e. “lobbyists, the media, class factors, constitutional restrictions” (Alden and Aran, 2017, p. 63). Thus, unions are domestic actors as well.
14.Soru
I. Multilateralism
II. Unilateralism
III. Democracy promotion through international organizations and diplomatic channels
Which one(s) of the statement(s) above is/are supported by liberal internationalists?
Only I |
Only II |
Only III |
I-III |
II-III |
Liberal internationalists support multilateralism whereas neoconservatives are in favor of unilateralism. Liberal internationalists support democracy promotion through international organizations, diplomatic channels, and multilateral efforts whereas neo-conservatives feel comfortable with using brute force in promoting democracy.
15.Soru
The human development approach was developed by:
Oran Young. |
Alexander Wendt. |
James Rosenau. |
Kenneth N. Waltz. |
Mahbub Ul Haq. |
The human development approach was developed by the Pakistani economist Mahbub Ul Haq (1934 – 1998). The human development approach focuses on creating fair opportunities and choices for all people. It is based on the notion that economic growth, generally understood as the growth of the GDP of a given country, would not necessarily lead to greater opportunities for the people. It is argued that ultimately enlarging people’s freedoms and opportunities and improving their well-being by ensuring an “equitable, sustainable and stable planet” is more important than achieving sheer growth of the economy.
16.Soru
_____ are those that would try to get what they want from others by asking others to make materially construed cost-benefit calculations.
Which of the below is the term defined in the above statement?
coercive powers |
inducing powers |
normative powers |
manipulative soft powers |
persuasive soft powers |
Inducing powers are those that would try to get what they want from others by asking others to make materially construed cost-benefit calculations. Their hope
is that others would be induced if they saw that their cooperation with the inducer would yield to them more benefits than costs. These powers would employ both carrots and sticks in their dealings with others. The correct option is B.
17.Soru
- It is a term coined by Walter Lippmann (1889–1974).
- It is a process of making choices.
- It involves coming to a decision by way of gathering relevant information and evaluating possible alternatives.
- It involves a set of steps that the decision-maker goes through in order to make cohesive decisions.
- When it comes to the issue of foreign policy, decision-making could be viewed as a process of reaching different political objectives.
Which of the statements above are correct with regard to the decision making process?
I and II |
II and III |
I, III and IV |
II, III, IV and V |
I, II, III, IV and V |
Decision-making is a process of making choices. It involves coming to a decision by way of gathering relevant information and evaluating possible alternatives. The decision making process involves a set of steps that the decision-maker goes through in order to make cohesive decisions. When it comes to the issue of foreign policy, decision-making could be viewed as a process of reaching different political objectives. As also understood from the information given, the correct answer is D. The term coined by Walter Lippmann is “management consent”, not the decision making process.
18.Soru
Which of the following is a political act of a state to acknowledge an act or government or status of another state?
Recognition |
Diplomacy |
Sovereignty |
Hegemony |
Reservation |
Recognition is a political act of a state to acknowledge an act or government or status of another state.
19.Soru
Which of the following is not a component of dynamic foreign policy?
identifying the problem, |
executing the alternative, |
finding a solution to the problem, |
choosing an alternative, |
searching for alternatives, |
finding a solution to the problem,
20.Soru
Which of the following is included within the definition of war provided by Carl Von Clausewitz?
War is an open and declared armed hostile conflict |
War is a political instrument |
War is discontinuation of political relations |
War comprises armed conflicts only among state actors |
War does not include use of force |
Carl Von Calusewitz defines was as follows: "war is not merely a political act, but also a political instrument, a continuation of political relations, a carrying out of the same by other means." Thus, the correct answer is B.
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