Norms
What IR approach puts an emphasis on norms?
Constructivism
Where does the name Church Committee come from?
From the name of the Chairman, Senator Frank Church
What was the name of the CIA Director during the Reagan Administration?
William Casey
What memorandum of the late 1980s established a legal precedent for post-9/11 policies?
The Parks memorandum
What are the main types of contestation?
Applicatory, Meaning, Validity
What measure did the Committee recommend to prevent future assassinations?
A law or a statute
What did the "contra murder manual recommend?
The assassination of Sandinista personnel and local officials.
What country permitted the US to conduct missions in its territory in exchange for 'goodwill strikes'?
Pakistan
Which author devised and conceptualised 'contestation'?
Antje Wiener
Which White House official was vehemently oppose to a law prohibiting assassination?
Henry Kissinger
How did the CIA justify its delivery of sniper rifles to Afghanistan? What type of contestation was this?
"Hunting rifles." Meaning.
What are the 3 conditions for targeting in the DoJ White Paper?
Imminence, capture is not feasible, respect of the laws of war.
What are the two components of norm robustness?
Facticity and Validity
What are the main cases discussed in the Church Committee Report?
Castro, Lumumba, Trujillo, Diem, Schneider
What NSC official proposed the developed of the so-called 'Lebanese hit-teams'?
Oliver North
What changes has the Trump Administration brought to US drone wars?
Reduced transparency and reporting, more relaxed rules of engagement, no need for certainty of no civilian casualties.
How was the definition of torture 'contested' in the torture memos?
By changing the criteria for what type of physical and psychological harm amounted to torture.
What role did Schneider play in Chile? Why was he assassinated?
Commander-in-Chief of the Army. He wanted to protect the Constitution and allow the confirmation of Allende.
What US official stated that it would have been better if Qaddafi was 'put in a box'?
Secretary of State Shultz.
Why does the killing of Soleimani represent a dangerous escalation?
Justifications adopted for non-state terrorists are now loosely used for state officials.