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National Security Studies Study Guide
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National Security Studies covers the ways in which nations use intelligence, diplomacy, and military power to formulate policy, promote regional stability, or take military action in a crisis. Topics include political theory, history, and public policy analysis.

National Security Studies Study Guide
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1. Reasons for nuclear accidents

2. Community of power

3. Balance of Power

4. Wallerstein

5. Fredrick Ratzel

6. What about Russia and what would Putin do?

7. Friedrich Ratzel

8. Liberalism

9. Fears regarding the spread of nuclear weapons

10. Hegemonic Stability Theory

11. Intellectuals versus students

12. The second Strike, distance between nations is important,

13. Proliferation optimists

14. Deterrence

15. dependency theory

16. Operation downfall

17. Buck-passing

18. behavioralism

19. Appeasement

20. Jervis

21. Catalytic Posture

22. regime (liberalism)

23. hard power

24. SDI

25. Qasem Solemani the leader of the Quds Force