Answer the Following Economic Security Flashcards

The ability to maintain prosperity in a world of scarcity.

Groups of states in economic competition organized around the economies and currencies of major economic powers.

Temporary alliances in which states form pacts but shift from one partner to the other depending on the circumstances.

Alliances in which countries remain allied with the same partners over long periods of time.

Steps to constrain or hobble a great power (such as the United States today) that fall well short of the significant mobilization of military power in opposition to that power or the formation of security alliances united against the power.

An agreement among Russia, China, and the central Asian states of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan formed in 2001 to enhance the security of member states against threats of terrorism and ethnic conflict.

The end of ideological conflict and the victory of liberal values.

The idea that international conflict in the future will be characterized not by interstate conflict but rather by conflict between civilizations, a term that incorporates religious, cultural, ethnic, and, to some extent, linguistic similarity.

A model of the future international system in which sovereign states give way to various ‘zones’ with differing characteristics.

A haven of lawlessness where states cannot wield authority over subnational actors who control territory, command the allegiance of parts of the population, and may even control private armies.

The traditional system of Westphalian nationstates in which sovereign governments control their countries internally and mobilize resources to pursue national interests.

States that have given up their sovereignty in favor of larger, civilian-led cooperative unions (such as the EU).