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Question
1. Explain the significance of these years: 1648, 1815, 1919, and 1945? (*)
2. Use a metaphor to explain how international relations shifted after each of these events? (**)
3. Define sovereignty, autonomy, and balance of power. (*)
4. Which international system was the most stable in history? Why? (***) [Hint: What are your criteria?]
5. Compare and contrast how US-Soviet relations shifted during the Cold War. (**)
6. Compare and contrast the U.S.'s experience in the Vietnam War vs. the War in Afghanistan. (**)
7. Compare and contrast the U.S.'s decisions to invade Afghanistan and Iraq. (**)
8. How can the U.S. hegemon maintain peace in the international system in the post-9/11 world? In what ways would this approach be similar to the ways the international system was organized in 1945? (***)