Global Conflict
This event in 2001 prompted the United States to declare a "War on Terror"
What is 9/11?
This U.S. agency is primarily responsible for foreign intelligence
What is the CIA?
This term refers to the principle that everyone is subject to the law, including lawmakers and law enforcers. No one is above the law.
International organization founded in 1945 to promote peace and cooperation between nations
What is the UN?
90% of this AU school’s students study abroad
What is SIS?
Conflict between parties with unequal military capabilities
What is asymmetric warfare?
This cabinet-level department is primarily responsible for carrying out U.S. foreign policy
What is the Department of State?
The legal doctrine that courts should follow precedent
What is stare decisis?
The official language of diplomacy used world wide
What is English? (used to be French)
91% of this AU school’s students complete at least one internship during their time at AU
A series of pro-democracy protests and uprisings that swept across the Middle East and North Africa starting in late 2010, challenging authoritarian regimes and demanding political reform, economic opportunities, and an end to corruption
What is the Arab Spring?
Treaty signed in 2016, is a major international agreement on climate change
What is the Paris Climate Agreement?
The term for redrawing electoral district boundaires
What is Gerrymandering?
The principle that prevents one country from interfering in another's internal affairs
What is sovereignty?
This club made up of mainly SPA and SIS students is ranked first in the nation
The name for the invasion of Panama by the U.S. in the late 20th century
What was Operation Just Cause?
Term describing the U.S. foreign policy to prevent the spread of communism during the Cold War
2022 Supreme Court case that overturned Roe v. Wade
What is Dobbs v. Jackson?
The five permanent members of the UN security council
What is France, Russia, US, UK, and China?
This president’s kids learned to swim in the bender arena pool
What is Obama?
Cyberweapon (allegedly) created by the U.S. and Israel to disrupt the Iranian Nuclear Program in the 2010's
What is STUXNET?
Who is Bridget Brink?
The 9 Supreme Court Justices
What is Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, Jackson?
World's shortest land border
What is Moracco and Spain? (Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, 85 meters)
Obama discussed this in his 2015 speech in the SIS building
What was the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) aka the Iran Nuclear Deal ?