NMI Intro
The number of interviews required to be initiated as a full member of the George Washington University Chapter of Sigma Iota Rho
45
Hippo
Recent elections in this country declared the right-wing candidate the winner, following in the footsteps of his fathers
Brazil
The world's driest non-polar desert, which blooms with flowers once a year between September and November
Atacama
The principle that states have supreme authority within a defined territory and a legal and political claim to recognition of this authority by other polities
sovereignty
The most important event of the new member process and the day by which all your interviews must be completed
Initiation
This famous actress is known for a popular television drama set in DC
Kerry Washington
This Indian Prime Minister and Indonesian President are largely credited for organizing the Bandung Conference to build Afro-Asian relations
Sukarno and Jawaharlal Nehru
One of two landlocked countries in South America, which lost its coast in the Pacific War of 1884
Bolivia
This was recognized as a crime against humanity by a UN Declaration in 1946 and later was the subject of 1948 Convention declaring the responsibility of nations to prevent and punish this act
Genocide
These positions have more than one E-Board member
A GW alumna and senior senator from Massachusetts, known for her defenses of social safety net policies, and run for President in 2020
This Indian state is often noted for its high quality of life and happiness measures, which are often attributed to the party in governance
Kerala
Name all the African countries that are islands or island chains
Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, Mauritius, Comoros, Madagascar, Seychelles
This term, coined by Black Feminist scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw, informs SIR's diversity statement and is crucial to feminist understandings of IA
Intersectionality
The philanthropic partner of SIR for this semester
World Food Programme
This medical procedure was pioneered by the first chairman of the neurology department in the School of Medicine at GW, whose patients included notable figures like Rosemary Kennedy, the sister of future President John F. Kennedy
Lobotomy
Tensions reignited recently in this Ethiopian province on the border with Eritrea
Tigray
Given that its pyramids are so famous, you might assume that Egypt is home to the majority of them. However, with over 200 of them, this African country actually has the most pyramids
Sudan
The economic reform programs required by the IMF and World Bank as conditions for loans to developing countries — particularly those facing balance of payments crises or debt problems
Structural Adjustment
The famous location on the National Mall where Thav, VP of Marketing, is pictured in the NMI Intro Slides
US Capital
This former GW alumnus controversially amended the constitution of this African nation, changing from a presidential to a parliamentary system, which activists accused him of doing to avoid term limits after 20 years in power
Togo, Faure Gnassingbé
This small Asian country is ruled by an absolute monarch called the Sultan, who appoints all members of the consultative Legislative Council.
Brunei
This is an ethnolinguistic group of people from Southeast Asia, not to be confused with the oft-memed name
Karen
The application of one state's laws beyond its own territorial boundaries — either to its own nationals abroad, to foreign nationals engaging in conduct affecting the state's interests, or to international spaces. Ex) US Secondary Sanctions
Extraterritoriality