Review for Monday, August 27

(not so much that last thing)

There were no slides for Monday's class that I can post here, so I figured it might help to post the vocabulary words we went over and the questions we addressed.

Vocabulary

• Polarity
• Hegemon(y)
• Offshore Balancing
• Grand Strategy
• Imperial Overstretch
• Grand Strategy
• "Open Door" Diplomacy
• Parsimony
• Security Dilemma
• Structural Theory
• Systemic vs. Domestic Variables

Questions

• How can we tell the difference between a grand strategy of offshore balancing and one of hegemony?
• Layne claims that a US focused on offshore balancing would retreat from Europe, East Asia and the Middle East and encourage a multipolar system. Is this accurate? Why would this be the case? Why might it not be?

If you have any questions or would like some clarification about the terms and questions presented above, feel free to ask about them in the comments. Bonus participation points to anyone who helps answer another student's question.