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Take Home Examination 1

Due on Wednesday, February 13, by noon (11:59 am on Canvas).

For each of the questions below, please argue your case by providing as many relevant facts and arguments as possible (within the word limitations). You need to type your answers in the boxes.

Question 1 (25pts): Why do realist IR theorists believe that war is inevitable and states should always prepare for the possibility of war?

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Question 2 (25 pts): According to liberals, what were (some of) the reasons for WWI and what was their plan to remedy to it to prevent WWII from happening?

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Question 3 (25 pts): What was new and different about nationalism on the eve of WWI and on the eve of WWII that explain the two wars according to identity IR theorists?

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Question 4 (25 pts): To what extent do the realist, liberal and identity IR theorists think that Germany was uniquely responsible for WWI?

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