Theory
The theory referring to the ethical and moral considerations that should be included in a decision to go to war…
What is Just War Theory?
Diplomat George Kennan coined what "C" word to refer to the U.S. strategy designed to prevent the spread of Communism throughout the post-World War II world?
What is containment?
The International Organization that tries individuals charged with violations of the Geneva Conventions..
What is the International Criminal Court?
This document defines when it is legal for a state to intervene in cases of human rights abuses
What is the UN Charter?
These are the five permanent members of the UN security council
What are US, UK, Russia, France, People’s Republic of China?
In 2021, Emmanuel Macron acknowledged partial French responsibility for the genocide in this African nation, where members of the Tutsi were murdered during a civil war there
What is Rwanda?
The lack of central governance over any polity or group of polities
On August 2, 2022, Nancy Pelosi arrived in what "T" capital city, leading to an angry response from the government of the People's Republic of China
What is Taipei?
This international alliance’s self-defense clause was first invoked in 2001, following terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon
What is NATO?
A TREATY SIGNED IN 1968 WHICH STRIVES TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO MORE STATES
what is the Nuclear non-proliferation treaty?
If you were to list the members of the United Nations in alphabetical order, This country would be last
What is Zimbabwe?
The territory initially called East Pakistan
What is Bangladesh?
THIS THEORY HOLDS THAT ECONOMIC AND MILITARY RESOURCES ARE THE PRIMARY BASIS OF POWER
What is realism?
A STEP ABOVE A SUPERPOWER - THE US HAS BEEN CONSIDERED THIS IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA
What is a hyperpower?
THE USE OF OR THREAT TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS OR NUCLEAR MATERIALS TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF ROGUE STATES OR REVOLUTIONARY OR RADICAL ORGANIZATIONS
What is nuclear terrorism?
THIS 17TH CENTURY AGREEMENT ENDED THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR AND ESTABLISHED THE CONCEPT OF SOVEREIGNTY
What is the peace of westphalia?
The 3 International Organizations formed by the Bretton Woods Conference....
What are the IMF, World Bank, and WTO?
This country controlled what is now Iraq before it became independent
What is Great Britain?
Which international relations theory holds that state interests are neither inherent nor unproblematic and that international norms have an independent power to shape state interests and affect state behavior?
What is constructivism?
THIS WAS A RELAXATION OF TENSIONS BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION AND THE UNITED STATES IN THE LATE 1960S AND EARLY 1970S
What is detente?
At which World War II conference did Allied leaders agree to demand unconditional surrender from the Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan
What is the Casablanca Conference?
The series of treaties on the treatment of civilians, POWs, and soldiers, otherwise rendered incapable of fighting...
What is the Geneva Conventions?
The organization that promotes free trade between Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay
What is Mercosur?
Nigel Farage is a name most often associated with this event that shocked the globe
What is Brexit?
THIS IS THE GUIDING ECONOMIC IDEOLOGY OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, WHICH ENCOURAGES PRIVATIZATION, DEREGULATION, AND DEVALUATION OF CURRENCY FOR THIRD WORLD STATES
What is Neoliberalism?
Name three countries in Latin America, during the cold war, where the US aided in a regime change
200 bonus points
name the new leaders for each
What is
Guatemala (Armas), Argentina (Videla), Bolivia (Banzer), Chile (Pinochet), Dominican Republic (Bosch)?
This group is sometimes called the "blue helmets"
What are the UN peacekeeping troops?
The term for the holistic approach of the WTO, IMF, and World Bank; often given as a criticism
What is the Washington Consensus?
The only nation to quit the UN - they have since rejoined
What is Indonesia?
The Tamil Tigers is a pioneering terrorist organization which operated in this country
What is Sri Lanka?