War/Hard and Soft Power
Acronyms
State/Non-State Actors
Human Rights
GloPo Terminology
100
These weapons are effective but controversial because of civilian deaths
What are Drones
100

LGBTQ+

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer +

100

An NGO, such as The Red Cross or Doctors Without Borders, is considered this.

What is a non-state actor

100

The deliberate murder of a whole group or race of people

What is genocide

100

The belief that sovereign states are the principal actors in the international system.

What is realism

200
a war that is deemed to be morally or theologically justifiable.
What is just war
200

UNSC

United Nations Security Council 

200
State actors have this over a defined territory.
What is sovereignty
200

The systematic destruction of traditions, values, language, and other elements that make one group of people distinct from another.

What is Cultural Genocide

200
This is a political philosophy on ideas of liberty and equality.
What is liberalism
300

The combined use of hard power and soft power

What is smart power

300

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations


300

Non-state actors such as the UN, World Bank, EU or OPEC

What is an IGO

300

The idea that rights should be equally applicable to all people or countries, and do not vary according to local cultures or religious beliefs. 

What is universalism. 

300

A legal definition of the circumstances under which a state can intervene in another state to protect people at risk of harm

What is R2P 

400

Official orders or laws stopping trade or communication with another state, as a way of forcing its leaders to make political changes

What are sanctions

400

NATO

What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

400
These groups interact with states and populations through violence and influence international relations.
What are terrorist groups
400

The right to vote

What is suffrage

400

Formal decisions or statements agreed on by a group of people after a vote. 

What is a resolution.

500

This man developed the concept of soft power

Who is Joseph Nye

500

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights


500

This has business offices and operations in two or more countries in the world.

What is multinational cooperation (MNC) 

500

The theory that ideas and other norms should reflect cultural practices and traditions, rather than universal principals. 

What is cultural relativism

500

To find a way to make ideas, beliefs or needs that are opposed to each other capable of existing together

What is a reconcile or reconciliation