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The ability to influence other countries or groups through attraction and persuasion rather than coercion, force, or financial payments
This country borders both India and China, contains Mount Everest, and has Kathmandu as its capital
What is Nepal?
This country issued a controversial map with a nine-dash line in order to lay claim to a certain group of islands and sea
Organizations such as Greenpeace and Amnesty International are examples of this type of non-state actor that advocates for causes and policies
What are NGOs?
This fossil fuel is currently the world's most traded natural resource and is used to make gasoline.
What is oil (petroleum)?
Biased information spread to shape public opinion and behavior
What is propaganda?
This country sits at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, controls access to the Black Sea through the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, and is a member of NATO.
What is Turkey?
This is the type of government in Saudi Arabia
Absolute monarchy/theocracy
Transcontinental military and economic alliance
What is NATO?
Lithium is a key resource used in the production of these devices and technologies.
What are batteries (especially for electric vehicles)
The supreme, independent authority and power of a governing body to govern itself and its people without external interference
What is sovereignty?
This African country is the most populous on the continent and is one of the world's largest oil producers.
What is Nigeria?
Conflict in the DRC is primarily over these two minerals
What are cobalt and copper?
This international humanitarian organization is known for providing emergency aid during wars and natural disasters.
What is the Red Cross?
This country possesses some of the world's largest proven oil reserves and is a major member of OPEC.
What is Saudi Arabia?
This international relations theory argues that countries act primarily out of self-interest, trying to secure their own power and protect themselves
What is realism?
This Middle Eastern country controls the Suez Canal, a critical global trade route connecting Europe and Asia.
What is Egypt?
This country ranks #1 on the Fragile State Index
Somalia
Name the non-state actor that campaigns globally to protect the environment and oppose climate change.
What is Greenpeace?
This natural resource is used to generate electricity in nuclear power plants
What is uranium?
An actor or an action that is commonly considered acceptable to a population. It provides the fundamental rationale for all forms of governance and other ways of exercising power.
What is legitimacy?
This landlocked Central Asian country possesses vast reserves of uranium, oil, and natural gas, and was the last Soviet republic to declare independence.
What is Kazakhstan?
This waterway is between the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman and is a key point in current geopolitical events
Strait of Hormuz
This non-state actor influences international politics through reporting, broadcasting, and shaping public opinion.
What is the media?
This fossil fuel emits less carbon dioxide than coal when burned and is often considered a "transition fuel.
What is natural gas?