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Francis Fukuyama’s essay and book ‘The End of History and the Last Man’ posited that:
AWorld War III was inevitable
BWestern liberal democracy represents the final form of human government
CMonarchy would return as global government
DNuclear weapons would end world politics
The United Nations Charter was signed in 1945 at a conference held in which city?
AGeneva
BNew York
CSan Francisco
DLondon
Which organ of the United Nations is the primary judicial arm based at The Hague, Netherlands?
AInternational Court of Justice (ICJ)
BInternational Criminal Court (ICC)
CUN Human Rights Council
DGeneral Assembly Committee
The Treaty of Westphalia (1648) ended the Thirty Years’ War and established the modern principle of:
AFree trade economic blocks
BState Sovereignty and nation-state system
CGlobal human rights oversight
DBipolar cold war power structure
The Realist paradigm in International Relations assumes that the primary actor in world politics is the:
ASovereign State
BMultinational Corporation
CNon-Governmental Organization (NGO)
DInternational Court
Jeremy Bentham is regarded as the founder of classical:
AFascism
BSocial Contract Theory
CUtilitarianism
DSyndicalism
G.W.F. Hegel’s dialectical method posits that historical development occurs through the interaction of:
AFeudalism, Capitalism, and Fascism
BExecutive, Judiciary, and Legislature
CState, Nation, and Government
DThesis, Antithesis, and Synthesis
The word ‘Democracy’ originates from the Greek words ‘Demos’ and ‘Kratos’, which mean:
APeople and Power (or Rule)
BState and Law
CKing and Wisdom
DFreedom and Equality
Which essential element is NOT one of the four traditional constituent elements of a State?
APopulation
BPolitical Party
CTerritory
DSovereignty