1. What kind of unrivalled power advantages did the US command after WW2?
2. What kind of monetary system did the Bretton Woods Agreement establish?
3. What global institutions were created by the Bretton Woods Agreement?
4. What was the Marshall Plan and what were its motivations?
5. What are the liberal dimensions of the UN Charter?
6. What are the hegemonic or realist dimensions of the UN Charter?
7. What were the principles of US strategy for Western Europe after WW2?
8. What was the purpose of NATO?
9. How did NSC 68 spell out the containment strategy of the Soviet Union?
10. What were the contradictions of US strategy towards the Third World or newly decolonized states?
11. What was US oil strategy after the Second World War?
12. What is the root of the US-Saudi Arabia relationship?
13. What major political event happened in Iran in 1953?
14. What major political event happened in Guatemala in 1954?
15. Did the US support or deter democracy in the Third World after World War 2, and why?
16. What does Ikenberry mean by the liberal ascendency or liberal international order?
17.How do realists view the Cold War period?
18. How do Marxists view the Cold War period?