What is Modern History?
What is post-1945
The Georgian that was General Secretary of the Communist Party during and after WW2
The institution that every recognized state is a member of
What is the UN?
This invention changed the way war is fought forever
This practice was ending in the time period that we are studying
What is imperialism?
The US President that declared 'War on Terror'
Who is George Bush Jr.?
The Alliance formed by the USA in 1949
A doctrine understood between nuclear nations to prevent first launch
What is Mutually Assured Destruction?
This war ended at the time we consider the start of our time period
What is WW2?
The leader of the communist Cuban state during the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who is Fidel Castro?
The Alliance formed by the USSR in 1955
The man who developed the idea of liberal institutionalism
Who is Immanuel Kant?
We are doing this because it is fun
What is modern history chug?
The Chinese leader when China joined the WTO
Who is Deng Xiaoping?
The precursor to the United Nations
What is the League of Nations?
This ideology allowed for the free movement of capital with its financialization reforms
What is neoliberalism?
The biggest reason we are considering our time period to be from 1945 onwards
What is because I do not have enough time to cover all the way back to the 1500s?
The academic who declared the 'end of history'
Who is Francis Fukuyama?
The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty that WAS ratified by both sides
The best fitting descriptive of western state ideology
What is liberal democratic capitalism?