IR Theory
This theory states that the world is anarchic between states, and cooperation and peace can only be secured through power, which every state naturally pursues
What is realism?
This world leader was the first female Prime Minister of the UK
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
This state dissolved into several different countries across Europe and Asia in December of 1991
What is the Soviet Union?
This multilateral climate agreement has been signed by nearly every country on Earth
What are the Paris Accords?
This international organization was founded in 1945 with the goal of preventing war between superpowers and encouraging human development
What is the United Nations?
According to this theory, all conflict is caused by the disparity between the workers and the rich, and the manipulation of the working class by those who own the means of production
What is Class-System theory/Marxism?
This world leader transformed China and the Chinese economy into a rapidly modernized emerging power in the 1980s
Who is Deng Xiaoping?
This state dissolved shortly after the end of the Cold War, and it's dissolution was marked by extreme ethnic and religious violence, foreign intervention, and the creation of several new states
What is Yugoslavia?
This international organization seeks to challenge American hegemony and the dominance of the USD
What is BRICS?
This Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, and highly influential Cold War diplomat was one of the largest proponents of realism theory in the United States
Who is Henry Kissinger?
This theory says that not only is cooperation between states possible, but in a globalist society, it is incentivized and becoming the norm
What is Liberalism?
This influential activist and leader was imprisoned for 26 years before becoming Prime Minister of the country which imprisoned him
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This empire was one of the first belligerents of the First World War, and was known for the massive amount of nationalities and languages it's subjects spoke
What is the Austro-Hungarian Empire?
This tightly-clustered group of revolts, popular movements, and civil wars in the 2010s continues to affect global politics to this day
What is the Arab Spring?
This international organization founded in 1920 attempted to maintain world peace, but failed for a variety of reasons
What is the League of Nations?
This theory states that all human behavior, including all of IR, is simply a social construct
What is postmodernism?
This world leader, often known by his singular nickname, led a non-aligned country for nearly the entire Cold War
Who is Josip Broz "Tito"?
This short-lived attempt at a unified Arab state in the Middle East lasted only 3 years
What is the United Arab Republic?
This country has previously gone to war with Russia over land disputes, and has recently elected a pro-Russian party into it's government, despite allegations and proof of heavy election interference
What is Georgia?
This treaty is largely understood as being the foundation of the modern state system
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
This controversial phrase describes what some theorists believed to be the state of humanity in the wake of the end of the Cold War, with a singular ideology now seemingly dominating the globe
What is The End of History?
This now-dead authoritarian had a widely reported infatuation with American secretary of state Condoleeza Rice
Who is Muammar Gadaffi?
This East African state was formerly known as the DERG
What is Ethiopia?
This South American state is currently experiencing domestic upheaval surrounding the return of a former President to politics, and the alleged use of political violence
What is Bolivia?
This ancient Greek philosopher was one of the first to distinctly study International Relations and posit that there are consistent patterns in how states interacted
Who is Thucydides?