IAS Study Guide Spring Note Here are the opening statements

							                          IAS 180.1 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:

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/911/courses/nuts&bolts.html

or

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/SpecialEvents/FiftyYears/

or

http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses/archive.html?prog=115&group=59



                                    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:
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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:




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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?



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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:




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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:


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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?




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