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LCritchfi

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Fearon says states have incentives to misrepresent their capabilities and resolve. What are these incentives?
 
  a. They hope their misrepresentation will focus the adversary away from their weaknesses.
  b. They hope to delay negotiations with the adversary.
  c. States fear that telling the truth about their capabilities might intimidate their adversaries.
  d. States misrepresent because it gives them a first-strike advantage.
  e. States misrepresent because they want their adversaries to respect them.

Question 2

Applying constructivist social theory to international relations, Wendt concludes that
 
  a. friendship between two states is impossible unless one is clearly superior in power to the other.
  b. friendship and enmity in international relations depend on how states view each other, not on the objective threat that states might pose for each other.
  c. enmity is the defining characteristic of international affairs and that true friendship between states cannot be achieved.
  d. friendship between states is only possible when two sides are evenly matched.
  e. enmity and friendship between states is equally apportioned making it difficult to determine power bases.



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Galvarado142

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: d

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b



LCritchfi

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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again




 

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