Please answer the following 6 questions. These are the questions from the exam, so please answer accordingly. No citations needed. Please do not directly paste from the internet but rather answerin your own words (based on the knowledge in the subject).
The answers should be detailed and sound.
Please find below the questions for your exam. You need to answer all 6 (six) questions, and be as thorough/detailed as possible in your responses, as this is a take-home exam and details are important.
1.Explain rational choice theory of decision making and assess its limitations.
2.Explain the meaning of Putnam’s two-level games and how this explains why policy decisions sometimes appear irrational. Are U.S. presidents generally most concerned with the international level or domestic level? Why? Give examples that demonstrate your opinion.
3.War is often said to be rooted in multiple sources located at various levels of analysis. Select two levels of analysis (individual, state, or global) and compare the contributions that theories at each level have made to our understanding of the causes of war.
4.Explain the difference between compellence, deterrence, and preemption. Under what conditions was each used? Which method provides the greatest security in the twenty-first century?
5.International law is widely criticised as ineffective. What are those criticisms, and are they fair?
6.Neoliberal institutionalists believe that international law, organization, integration and democratization are the best approaches to preventing armed conflict in the international system. Compare and contrast this approach with the realist approach of balance of power. Which approach stands a greater chance of producing peace in the international system?
