Political Theory
This school of thought critiques global capitalism and argues that international relations reflect economic exploitation between core and periphery states.
What is Marxism/World-Systems Theory?
This the year that WW2 started.
What is 1939?
This intergovernmental organization investigates and, where warranted, tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression.
What is the ICC
Beginning in 2022, this conflict escalated when one country launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbor, leading to widespread international sanctions and a global security crisis.
What is the Russia–Ukraine War?
This economic term describes when a nation imports more goods and services than it exports.
What is trade deficit?
This 16th-century book advises rulers that it is safer to be feared than loved and argues that the ends can justify the means.
What is The Prince by Machiavelli?
This leader’s “Long March” in the 1930s helped secure his role in shaping Communist China.
Who is Mao Zedong?
These are the 5 permanent members of the UN security council.
China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States
Rapid advancements in this technology have sparked debates about ethics, job displacement, and its potential use in military applications worldwide.
What is artificial intelligence (AI)?
The “Washington Consensus” refers to a set of economic policy prescriptions emphasizing fiscal discipline, privatization, and trade liberalization, primarily promoted by these three institutions.
What are the IMF, World Bank, and WTO
This psychologist and political philosopher is famous for defending the right of a colonized people to use violence to gain independence.
Who is Frantz Fanon?
This 1916 secret agreement between Britain and France, with assent from Russia, divided Ottoman territories in the Middle East into spheres of influence after World War I.
What is the Sykes–Picot Agreement?
Formed in the early 2000s, this coalition of major emerging economies aims to promote economic development, coordinate financial policies, and increase the influence of non-Western nations in global governance.
What is BRICS?
In response to U.S. tariffs, this Asian country announced additional tariffs on U.S. agricultural products, including chicken, wheat, and soybeans.
What is China?
In the 2008 global financial crisis, the collapse of this type of U.S. asset-backed securities market triggered worldwide economic turmoil.
What is the subprime mortgage market?
The theory that war is a likely outcome when a rising power threatens to displace an established power.
What is the thucydides trap
This 19th-century Haitian leader successfully defended his country’s independence against Napoleon’s forces, becoming the first Black head of state in the Western Hemisphere.
Who is Toussaint Louverture?
Established in 1957, this international organization promotes the peaceful use of nuclear energy, monitors nuclear programs to prevent proliferation, and reports its findings to the United Nations.
What is the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)?
This NATO operation was launched in response to increased airspace violations and aims to protect the alliance's eastern flank.
What is Operation Eastern Sentry?
This U.S. economic policy theory, popular in the 1980s, argued that reducing taxes and regulations would stimulate economic growth, often at the expense of social programs.
What is supply-side economics?