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Preventing war by promising to raise its costs to an unacceptable level is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The third component of traditional security policy, after deterrence and defence, is:Read the answer and worked solution →A coalition of states that coordinate actions to deter or defend against attack is an:Read the answer and worked solution →The US backed Islamic militants in Afghanistan in the 1980s but later attacked them after the terrorist strikes of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Cold War was responsible for roughly what share of all wars after the Second World War?Read the answer and worked solution →Internal wars now make up more than what share of all armed conflicts in the world?Read the answer and worked solution →The Biological Weapons Convention banning production and possession of such weapons dates to:Read the answer and worked solution →How many states acceded to the Chemical Weapons Convention?Read the answer and worked solution →The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972 is an example of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was signed in:Read the answer and worked solution →Sharing information about military intentions with rivals to avoid war by misunderstanding is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The referent of security in the non-traditional view is expanded from the state to:Read the answer and worked solution →The broad concept of human security adds hunger, disease and natural disasters because they kill far more than:Read the answer and worked solution →A sea level rise of 1.5 to 2 metres would flood about what share of Bangladesh?Read the answer and worked solution →Political violence that deliberately targets civilians is:Read the answer and worked solution →Human rights are classified into how many types?Read the answer and worked solution →Half the world's population growth occurs in just six countries, including India, China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh and:Read the answer and worked solution →People who flee their homes but remain within their own country are called:Read the answer and worked solution →In 1994, nearly five lakh Tutsi were killed within weeks in:Read the answer and worked solution →India first tested a nuclear device in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the arms treatiesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the non-traditional threatsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the security yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the security termsRead the answer and worked solution →Traditional or human securityRead the answer and worked solution →Sort treaties, threats and India's warsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Security bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Preventing war by promising to raise its costs to an unacceptable level is called:

  1. Deterrence
  2. Defence
  3. Surrender
  4. Alliance
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Correct answer: A. Deterrence

1. Governments have three basic choices when threatened. 2. Deterrence is preventing war. 3. Defence is limiting or ending war. _Source: syllabus Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 7, Security in the Contemporary World._

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The third component of traditional security policy, after deterrence and defence, is:

  1. Free trade zones
  2. Balance of power
  3. Full disarmament
  4. Human rights law
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Correct answer: B. Balance of power

1. States watch which neighbours are growing stronger. 2. It is the balance of power. 3. Alliance building is the fourth component. _Source: syllabus Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 7, Security in the Contemporary World._

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A coalition of states that coordinate actions to deter or defend against attack is an:

  1. Embassy
  2. Assembly
  3. Alliance
  4. Empire
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Correct answer: C. Alliance

1. Most alliances are formalised in written treaties. 2. This is an alliance. 3. Alliances change when national interests change. _Source: syllabus Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 7, Security in the Contemporary World._

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