Iran
Unicameral legislative body of the Iranian government.
Majlis
Acronym for the Institutional Revolutionary Party, the dominant political party for much of the past 70 years
PRI
Method in which the national government gages public opinion on policy issues like Brexit.
Nationalized its oil industry in order to join this international economic group.
OPEC
Islamic group of Chinese experiencing "re-education' in the Xinjiang region.
Uighurs
Dominate political party supporting President Putin.
United Russia
The IRGC, or traditional armed forces designed to protect the revolutionary ideals of the regime.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Name of the state-owned and operated oil corporation.
PEMEX
Process by which Parliament has transferred political authority to lower levels of government.
Devolution
Terrorist group operating in northern region wishing to establish Sharia law throughout Nigeria.
Boko Haram
Reformist leader of the CCP following the death of Mao Zedong.
Deng Xiaoping
Term describing the wealthy elite in control of major Russian industries.
Oligarchs
2009 social movement protesting rigged presidential election in favor of Ahmadinejad.
Green Movement
Name of the lower house of the National Congress.
Chamber of Deputies
Phrase describing the parliamentary system of UK that fuses the executive & legislative branches.
Westminster model
Phrase describing requirement that the executive cabinet have one person from each of the 32 states.
Federal character
Internet filter blocking social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
Great Firewall
State Duma and Federation Council comprise this bicameral legislative body.
Federal Assembly
Body of clerics and religious experts who select/dismiss the supreme leader.
Assembly of Experts
Spanish term for president's ability to personally select the party candidate in the next election.
el dedazo
Body of Parliament responsible for making policy and being accountable to the voters directly.
House of Commons
Ethnicity, religion, and geographical are the three most salient social divisions, this phrase meaning social conflicts.
Coinciding cleavages
President Xi's economic policy establishing trade relationships with European and African countries.
Belt and Road Initiative
Arbitrary percent/level of vote a party needs in a multimember proportional representation system to earn elected office.
Threshold
Public welfare organizations controlled directly by the supreme leader.
Bonyads
Group of Amerindians in the southern Chiapas state who marched to Mexico City in protest of the Indigenous Bill of Rights.
Zapatistas
Economic strategy combining capitalism/socialism through public-private initiatives.
Third Way
Endemic level of extreme patron-clientelism where officials feel justified in using their position to enrich themselves.
Prebendalism
CCP organization headed by Xi Jinping directly in control of the People's Liberation Army.
Central Military Commission
Term describing economic restructuring instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev.
Perestroika