| authoritarianism | A type of restrictive governmental system where people are under the rule of an individual, such as a dictator or king, or a group, such as a party or military junta.
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| bilateral diplomacy | Negotiations between two countries.
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| Coercive diplomacy | The use of threats or force as a diplomatic tactic.
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| democratic peace theory | The governmental system a country has in terms of free and fair elections and levels of participation.
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| democratized diplomacy | The current trend in diplomacy where diplomats are drawn from a wider segment of society, making them more representative of their nations.
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| instrumental theory of government. | The notion that the purpose of political units and their governments is to benefit the people who established them and that the continued legitimate existence of these organizations rests on whether and how well they perform their tasks.
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| multilateral diplomacy | Negotiations among three or more countries.
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| multilateralism | Taking important international actions, especially those using military force, within the framework of a multilateral organization such as the United Nations.
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| parliamentary diplomacy | Debate and voting in international organizations to settle diplomatic issues.
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| power capacity | The sum of a country's power assets that determine its potential for exercising international power.
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| public diplomacy | A process of creating an overall international image that enhances your ability to achieve diplomatic success.
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| relative power | Power measured in comparison with the power of other international actors.
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| theocracy | A political system that is organized, governed, and defined by spiritual leaders and their religious beliefs.
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| two-level game theory | The concept that in order to arrive at satisfactory international agreements, a country's diplomats actually have to deal with (at one level) the other country's negotiators and (at the other level) legislators, interest groups, and other domestic forces at home.
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| unilateralism | Occurs when a single country, perhaps leading a small coalition of other countries, takes an important international action, such as using force, without the approval of an IGO.
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| will to power | The willingness of a country to use its power capacity to influence global events.
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| zero-sum game | A contest in which gains by one player can only be achieved by equal losses for other players. See Non-zero-sum game.
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