The State

You should be familiar with the following from your reading assignment.  I.E., you should be able to define, give examples of, identify the significance of, or explain the following:

• Nation
• Nation-state
• The five challenges that complicate building a nation-state
• What qualities define a state and why are these key to statehood?
• What's the difference between an authoritarian and democratic form of government?
• If the democratic peace thesis is correct, with Russia moving toward a much more authoritarian form of government, how should relations between it and the US evolve?