Israel-Palestine
This 1917 document expressed British support for a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine.
What is the Balfour Declaration?
These include coal, oil, and natural gas, which release greenhouse gases when burned.
What are fossil fuels?
This immigration law set up restrictive quotas for who could immigrate to the US.
What is the Immigration Act of 1924?
This international organization was founded in 1945 immediately following World War II to maintain global peace and security.
What is the United Nations?
This school of thought emphasizes a nation's own power and interests over moral or ethical ideals.
What is realism?
This term refers to the movement for the self-determination and protection of a Jewish nation in the Land of Israel.
What is Zionism?
This strategy involves adjusting to current or expected climate effects, such as building sea walls or cooling centers.
What is adaptation?
This process begins at a port of entry or upon arrival in the US.
What is asylum?
This foundational 1945 document outlines the structure, purposes, and guiding principles of the United Nations.
What is the UN Charter?
Country B discovers that a foreign nation is producing illegal, dangerous knockoffs of its technology. Instead of retaliating alone, Country B rallies a coalition of fifteen global allies and takes the issue to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to pass a collective agreement. This is an example of which approach to foreign policy?
What is multilateralism?
This group formed after the Second Intifada, or uprising, and is in control of Gaza.
What is Hamas?
This term describes efforts to reduce or prevent the emission of greenhouse gases at the source, to address the root causes of climate change.
What is mitigation?
This immigration law was transformational, allowing for greater immigration based on family reunification and skilled labor.
What is the Immigration Act of 1965?
This 15-member body within the UN is primarily responsible for maintaining international peace and security, and it includes 5 permanent members with veto power.
What is the UN Security Council?
The US invading Venezuela to remove President Maduro on its own is an example of this approach to foreign policy.
What is unilateralism?
This United Nations resolution divided Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state.
What is the UN Partition Plan or Resolution 181?
Solar, wind, and hydroelectricity fall under this category of energy that does not deplete natural resources.
What is renewable energy?
This law increased funding for the border patrol, expanded the list of offenses that could lead to deportation, and created 3 and 10-year bans on reentry for people who overstayed their visas in the U.S.
What is the Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, aka IRAIRA?
In 1977, the UN Security Council made history by passing Resolution 418, imposing a mandatory international arms embargo against South Africa to pressure its government to end its brutal system of racial apartheid. This is an example of this foreign policy tool.
What is a sanction?
A nation signs onto a worldwide initiative to distribute vaccines to developing countries because it believes all global powers have a moral obligation to protect human dignity.
What is realism?
Beginning in 1987, this Palestinian uprising or "shaking off" involved mass boycotts and civil disobedience against Israeli control.
What is the First Intifada?
AI data centers utilize massive amounts of fresh water and energy and emit over 180 million tons of CO2 annually. This will likely contribute to more of these climate change-related events.
What are extreme weather events?
Economic opportunity or political freedom in a destination country is an example of this type of "factor."
What are pull factors?
These are financial penalties, such as asset freezes or trade barriers, imposed by one or more countries against a target state, group, or individual to force a change in behavior without using military action.
What are sanctions?
A country passes strict tariffs on all foreign imports, closes its borders to most immigration, and formally exits all international military alliances to focus purely on internal affairs.
What is Isolationism?