Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. The constructivist approach to world politics is best at helping explain why tensions between the U.S. and Russia have increased in recent years.

2. U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to “pivot” American foreign policy away from Europe and toward the Asia Pacific region is intended to signal that the U.S. perceives war with China as perhaps not inevitable, but highly likely and worth preparation.

3. Potential misperceptions about U.S. policy in the South China Sea increase the risk of conflict in the region.

4. Progress toward a two-state solution of the Israel-Palestine conflict is complicated by internal divisions within the Palestinian leadership.

5. North Korea’s nuclear tests have some intelligence analysts so unimpressed, with some even wondering if the country had ever successfully produced a nuclear weapon, that many fail to see North Korea as a legitimate threat to peace in the Asia-Pacific region.

1. T
2. F
3. T
4. T
5. F