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This country became the newest member of NATO in 2024 after ending decades of military neutrality.
What is Sweden?
This organization was created in 1945 to maintain international peace and security.
What is the United Nations?
A system where citizens elect representatives to govern on their behalf.
What is a Democracy?
This IR theory argues that states primarily pursue power and security in an anarchic international system.
What is Realism?
This 1776 revolution led to the independence of thirteen colonies from Britain.
What is the American Revolution?
This war began in 2022 when Russia invaded its neighboring country.
What is the Russia–Ukraine War?
This international court prosecutes individuals for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
What is the International Criminal Court (ICC)?
A political system where power is concentrated in the hands of one ruler.
What is an Autocracy?
This theory emphasizes international cooperation, institutions, and economic interdependence between states.
What is Liberalism?
Beginning in 1789, this revolution overthrew the monarchy and eventually led to the rise of Napoleon.
What is the French Revolution?
This economic group includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
What is BRICS?
The alliance originally formed in 1949 to counter Soviet influence.
What is NATO?
A system where power is divided between central and regional governments.
What is Federalism?
This IR theory argues that international politics is shaped by ideas, norms, and identities rather than just power.
What is Constructivism?
This 1917 revolution brought the Bolsheviks to power and led to the creation of the Soviet Union.
What is the Russian Revolution?
The international agreement aimed at limiting global warming to 1.5–2°C.
What is the Paris Climate Agreement?
This trade organization settles disputes and regulates global trade rules.
What is the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
This country operates the world’s largest democracy.
What is India?
This realist concept describes a situation where states increase military power to feel safer, but unintentionally make other states feel threatened.
What is the Security Dilemma?
This 1979 revolution overthrew the Shah and established an Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Khomeini.
What is the Iranian Revolution?
This emerging global trend describes countries avoiding choosing sides between major powers like the United States and China.
What is Strategic Non-Alignment?
This global institution stabilizes exchange rates and provides financial assistance to struggling economies.
What is the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
This country has a unique political system combining religious authority with elected institutions, led by a Supreme Leader.
What is Iran?
This concept describes a situation where one state is significantly more powerful than all others in the international system.
What is Unipolarity?
This largely peaceful 1989 revolution in Czechoslovakia led to the end of communist rule.
What is the Velvet Revolution?