Deterrence Is a Strategy That

question 50

Multiple Choice

Deterrence is a strategy that

• A) is more effective for small states than for large states.
• B) ultimately requires the use of force.
• C) involves a commitment by one state to punish another state if it takes an undesired action.
• D) works even if states lack the capacity to follow through with their commitments.

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Definitions:

Frustrated Contract

A legal concept describing a contract that, due to unforeseeable circumstances, has become impossible to perform, thus being voided without penalty to either party.

Material Alteration

The major alteration of an agreement that has the effect of discharging the contract and replacing it with another.

Renegotiate

The process of revising the terms and conditions of an existing contract through mutual agreement between the involved parties.

Amend

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