Conflict Terminology
This name of this type of unconventional warfare sounds very similar to the largest species of primates.
What is guerilla warfare?
This legal principle protects foreign diplomats from arrest or prosecution while they are serving in a host country.
What is diplomatic immunity?
This Canadian Prime Minister introduced a Feminist International Assistance Policy, which guides Canada's foreign aid to prioritize gender equality and women's empowerment.
Who is Justin Trudeau?
This Italian Renaissance thinker advised rulers to prioritize power and pragmatism over morality in "The Prince."
Who is Niccolò Machiavelli?
This popular Canadian singer was named the U.N. World Food Program's Goodwill Ambassador the same year he headline the Superbowl Halftime Show.
Who is the Weeknd?
This type of conflict occurs between two or more groups from within the borders of a single country.
What is a civil war?
This international court tries individuals for crimes like genocide and other war crimes is based in the Hague.
What is the International Criminal Court (ICC)?
This former Canadian Prime Minister is remembered as a leader in criticizing and actively opposing South Africa's apartheid regime. Most notably through his success in lobbying other nations and advocating for sanctions.
Who is Brian Mulroney?
This philosopher described life in a "state of nature" as "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short," justifying a strong central authority.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
This 1985 all-star collaborative song, featuring Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, and Lionel Richie, raised money for famine relief in Africa.
What is "We are the World"?
This term describes violence carried out by non-state armed groups without formal ties to a government.
What is an insurgency?
This UN document, adopted in 1948, outlines fundamental rights that apply even during wartime and is often cited alongside humanitarian law.
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
This Canadian retired general became globally known for his testimony about the UN Peacekeepers' failure to stop the Rwandan genocide.
Who is Roméo Dallaire?
This ancient historian wrote about the Peloponnesian War, highlighting human nature, power, and the inevitability of conflict.
Who is Thucydides?
This international song contest is seen as an example of European "soft power".
What is Eurovision?
This concept describes the unintended escalation caused when one state's defensive actions appear offensive or hostile to another.
What is the security dilemma?
The four treaties adopted in 1949 that form the core of international humanitarian law are collectively known as these.
What are the Geneva Conventions?
This Canadian Prime Minister is known as the "father of UN peacekeeping" and won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Lester B. Pearson?
This ancient Chinese general wrote "the Art of War," a classic guide to strategy, tactics, and leadership.
Who is Sun Tzu?
This American boxer refused induction into the Vietnam War draft and became a global symbol of anti-war protest.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This terms refers to situation in which two waring actors are locked in a conflict because both sides believe they have sacrificed too much to give up.
What is a mutually hurting stalemate (MHS)?
Under this principle, states can prosecute crimes like piracy or genocide even if the crimes were committed outside their territory.
What is universal jurisdiction?
This Canadian judge served as Chief Prosecutor for both the International Court Tribunal for the Yugoslavian and Rwandan genocides.
Who is Louise Arbour?
This Prussian strategist famously claimed that "war is the continuation of politics by other means."
Who is Carl von Clausewitz?
In which city did John Lennon and Yoko Ono do their famous "bed-in" for peace?