Seçmeli Ara Sınav - Internatıonal Securıty

Soru 1:

In which of the key concepts in Critical Security Studies are human individuals, institutions, and groups accepted as the referent object of security?

A) Broadening B) Deepening C) Positivism D) Post-Positivism E) Critical theory

Soru 2:

Which of the following is the definition of Political Security as outlined by Buzan?

A) It concerns itself with the two-level interplay of the armed offensive and defensive capabilities of states and state’s perceptions of each other’s intentions. B) It focuses on the organizational stability of states, systems of government, and ideologies that give them legitimacy. C) It emphasizes on prioritizing access to resources, finance, and markets necessary to sustain acceptable levels of welfare and state power. D) It concerns itself with the ability of societies to reproduce their traditional patterns of language, culture, association, religious and national identities and customs within acceptable conditions for evolution. E) It deals with the maintenance of local and planetary biosphere as well as space in order to ensure continued existence of all human beings.

Soru 3:

Which of the following statements is true regarding sovereignity?

A) An unpopular and oppressive totalitarian government is not considered sovereign like a popularly elected and democratic republic. B) Positive sovereignty is given to a state by the international community rather than achieving it on its own. C) Negative sovereignity refers to the ability of the State to exercise effective control in the arena of its formal jurisdiction. D) Even when States enter into international treaties and agreements, their sovereignty remains entirely absolute. E) The sovereignty of a state is embodied by Westphalia Agreement.

Soru 4:

Which of the following statements about humanitarian intervention is not correct?

A) It comprises use of force, particularly military elements. B) It must have theconsent of the government of the target state. C) It takes place where there is actual or impending grievous suffering or loss of life. D) The Security Council authorization isrequired. E) It must have ahumanitarian intention.

Soru 5:

Which article of the UN Charter is the main rule that regulates the use of force in international relations?

A) Article 2/6 B) Article 2/7 C) Article 53 D) Article 2/4 E) Article 51

Soru 6:

Which of the following is one of the permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council?

A) Germany B) India C) China D) Italy E) Turkey

Soru 7:

Which of the below is not a primary power structure distinguished by Susan Strange in her "Structural Power Theory"?

A) The security structure B) The workforce structure C) The production structure, D) The financial structure E) The knowledge structure

Soru 8:

States are seen as rational actors The international system is anarchic Each state cannot take its security for granted and thus, is responsible for ensuring its own survival The balance of power is the defining mechanism that regulates the international system and explains war and peace. Which of the elements of international politics stated above is emphasized by structural realism ?

A) Only I B) Only II C) II and III D) I, II and III E) I, II, III and IV

Soru 9:

Which chapter of UN Charter examines the situations which yield threats to the peace, breaches of the peace and acts of aggression?

A) Chapter V. B) Chapter VI. C) Chapter VII. D) Chapter VIII. E) Chapter IX.

Soru 10:

Which of the following is related to "hard power"?

A) Culture B) Political ideals C) Foreign policies D) Education E) Sanctions

Soru 11:

Which of the following statements is false regarding intervention?

A) If there is breach of universally recognized civil rights in a sovereign state over its citizens, then humanitarian intervention is not permitted because it is a breach of state sovereignty. B) International relations, political science, international and national comparative law and political philosophy are the main fields which discuss the humanitarian intervention. C) Many argue that the notion of humanitarian intervention represents a coercive mode of liberal imperialism of Western ideas and ideals. D) One of the main problems with intervention is who the authority will be and who is going to decide whether intervention is legitimate. E) There was not Western humanitarian intervention in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

Soru 12:

I. Threat against local state authority, II. Decreasing importance of national geographical boundaries, III. Challenges in egitimacy, IV. Emergence of global security assemblages. Which of the ones listed above is among the challenges and problems presented by private military and security companies?

A) I & II. B) I, II & III. C) I, II, III IV. D) II, III & IV. E) II & IV.

Soru 13:

Which one of the below is conflict dynamic not related to?

A) Social perception of individuals B) Different periods of a conflict C) Changes of intensity D) Paradigmatic changes E) Cross-cultural and inter-cultural component

Soru 14:

Which of the following assumption does democratic peace theory is based?

A) There is an intrinsic link between peace and democracy. B) Ideas of trade and economic relations. C) Advance of globalization D) International politics is a struggle for power in which military security issues are the top priority. E) Climate change, development and poverty reduction and human rights.

Soru 15:

Which article of the United Nations Charter is the main rule that regulates the use of force in international relations?

A) Article 2/4 of the UN Charter. B) Article 2/6 of the UN Charter. C) Article 2/7 of the UN Charter D) Article 51 of the UN Charter. E) Article 53 of the UN Charter

Soru 16:

Which one is NOT about peacekeeping activities?

A) It includes measures to address ongoing conflicts and usually comprises diplomatic action and mediation to bring hostile parties to a negotiated agreement. B) It includes efforts undertaken at the end of conflict to halt overt violence, lessen its counter effects and prevent the recurrence of disturbances. C) It comprises the basic principles which are impartiality; consent of the parties; non-use of force except in self-defense. D) It is sometimes used as an umbrella term covering all aspects of peace operations. E) It has evolved from predominantly military model of observing cease- fires and separation of forces after inter-state wars, to incorporate a complex model of many elements –military, police and civilian– working together to help lay the foundations for sustainable peace.

Soru 17:

Which of the following is NOT among how globalization and interdependence have changed the nature of power and understanding of security?

A) The dynamics of international security have changed the power distribution across the board. B) The increase in the volume of global trade, international communication, and travel have created an integrated global economy. C) Up until the post-Cold War era, the traditional focus on security has beenstate securityand the maximization of the state’s power in the international system. D) Globalization and interdependence may lead to abutterfly effectin that local problems may turn into major international threats. E) Because there is no one institution that would act as a global government and create a just global system, globalization, in fact, functions in a way to increase international anarchy and complexity.

Soru 18:

What did League of Nations fail?

A) Eruption of 2nd World War B) Territorial disputes of A§land Islands C) Upper Silesia D) The Greek-Bulgarian crisis E) Vilnius

Soru 19:

What is the action undertaken by an organization/international entity usually by a single state and/or a coalition of states?

A) Humanitarian intervention B) International intervention C) Intervention D) Sovereignty E) Peacekeeping

Soru 20:

Which of the following is a form of structural realism that portrays states as ‘power maximizers’, as there is no limit to their desire to control the international environment?

A) Offensive realism B) Self-help C) Security dilemma D) Classical realism E) Power politics