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Question 1

Which of the following was not a key goal of the George H.W. Bush administration with regard to the dissolution of the USSR 1991?

a) Prevention of nuclear proliferation

b) Implementation of free market reforms

c) Undermining Gorbachev's position

d) Prevention of ethnic conflict in former Soviet states

Question 2

The Nunn-Lugar initiative is also known as...?

a) START I

b) The NATO-Russia founding act

c) START II

d) The Cooperative Threat Reduction Programme

Question 3

Why did the Clinton administration support Yeltsin in the 1990s?

a) Yeltsin opened Russia up completely to US investment

b) It feared the alternatives

c) Russia was the sole ally of the US in the region

d) Yeltsin fostered a burgeoning Russian economy

Question 4

Why did the US back the continuation of NATO even after the collapse of the USSR?

a) It viewed NATO as a force for stability in Eastern Europe

b) It saw NATO as a preparatory step for the integration of former Soviet states into the EU

c) It saw NATO as a successful defensive alliance

d) All of the above

Question 5

How did the Clinton administration attempt to offset Russian concerns about the expansion of NATO?

a) With the NATO-Russia founding act, which created a permanent joint council in Brussels

b) With an invitation for Russia to join the G8

c) Both a and b

d) None of the above

Question 6

Why did Russia oppose the NATO action in Kosovo?

a) It saw it as an unjustified use of force in its sphere of influence

b) It supported Kosovan independence

c) It only favoured EU action against the Serbs

d) It only favoured Russian military action against Milosevic

Question 7

Why did the Putin administration oppose US plans for National Missile Defence (NMD)?

a) It wanted to undermine the Clinton administration

b) It viewed NMD as an effort to negate Russia's offensive nuclear capability

c) NMD required Russian funding to be completed

d) None of the above

Question 8

How did 9/11 affect Russo-US relations?

a) It weakened relations owing to Russian support for Al Qaeda

b) It weakened relations owing to Russian support for Chechen separatists

c) It temporarily strengthened relations

d) All of the above

Question 9

What is the potential drawback of the 2002 Strategic Offensive Weapons Reduction Treaty, or Moscow Treaty as it is also known?

a) It contains no on-site verification procedures

b) It allows for a greater presence of conventional weapons in Europe

c) It permits the placement of missile defence systems in Poland and the Czech Republic

d) It permits the transfer of nuclear weapons to third parties

Question 10

Why have Russo-US relations deteriorated since 2003?

a) Because of the war in Iraq

b) Because of Putin's crackdown on domestic political opposition

c) Because of differing attitudes over the 'colour revolutions' in former Soviet states

d) All of the above

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Chapter 13

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