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81 Cards in this Set
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when was NATO founded?
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1949
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what is the most important article of the north atlantic treaty
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article V - an attack on one is an attack on all
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why was nato founded, what was the famous quote
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lord ismay - to keep the russians out, the americans in, and the germans down
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which country partially pulled out of the military structure of nato
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france
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when was the ecsc founded and what was it?
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european coal and stell community, 1950
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who founded the ecsc?
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robert shumann
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what is the eec?
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european economic community?
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who was charles degualle and what his role in european integration?
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put a crimp on intergration in 1960s
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who was mitterand?
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he decrimped intergation - he pushed for one europe,
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what was the maastricht treaty?
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changed the eec to the eu, formed the eu, gave the eu a common security policy
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smith - what were the helsinke and colon conference?
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look it uppppp
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what is the epc?
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european political cooperation, precede the cfsp
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what was the cfsp?
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common foreign security policy, security pillar of the eu
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how do member countires use eu membership?
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as a bargaining tool so that european countries can make prospective members to do what the grou pas a whole needs *MACEDONIA and CROATIA
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how many countries are in the eu?
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27
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when did the invasion of kosovo occur and how long did it last?
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1999, 78 days apx 2 months
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what was the invasion of afghanistan and how long did it last?
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october 2001 - apx 2 months
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what was the indigenous fighting group in kosovo who fought against albanians?
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kla - kosovo liberation army
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what was the indignous fighting group in afghanistan?
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northern alliance
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what ethnic group did nato fight for in kosovo?
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the muslims
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what ethnic group didnato fight against in afghanistan?
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the muslims
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what's unique about albania?
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only country with muslim majority in europe
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what's unique about afghanistan?
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least westernized country in the missle east
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what two countries were the most upset about the invasion of serbia?
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russia and china
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which irnat'l organization is running kosovo?
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the eu
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who's running afghanistan?
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nato
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what's the capital of serbia?
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belgrade
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what's the capital of kosovo?
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pristina
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what's afghanistan's capital?
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kabul
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who is the president of afghanistan?
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hamed karzai
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who is in charge of kosovo?
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checku
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muslims who fled kosovo went where?
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macedonia
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what country did osama flee to from afghanistan?
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pakistan
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who was the un secretary general of kosovo and what's he doing now?
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javier solana, high representative for foreign policy in the eu
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wwhat occured in general with the russian in kosov?
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british guy (michael jackson) tells the us "i'm not going to start wwIII for you," because bc us wanted to have a skirmish that could have aggravated russia
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which embassy got bombed in kosovo?
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chinese annnnnnnnd serbia
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what role does the eu have in afghanistan?
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none
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the eu manages what countries?
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macedonia, the congo, kosovo
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who was shinseki?
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in the clark book, subordinate to clark
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who was the president of serbia in the kosovo war?
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slobedon melosevic
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how many european countries were against the afganistan invasion?
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zero
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who was mullah omar?
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the president of the taliban
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where is the eu capital?
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brussells
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where is the nato hq?
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brussells
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who fought the afghans in th 1980s and FAILED?
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soviets
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how many us battle casualties in kosovo?
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zero
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when was macedonia's near civil war?
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2001
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how many battle casualities in afghanistan?
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14
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who was the french president against he iraqi war?
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jacques chriac
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who wouldn't support the us iraqi invasion even with a un security council resolution?
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germany
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who rallied to the franco-german opposition of the war?
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belgium and kind of luxembourg
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how many publicly endoresed the us invasion of iraq?
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18
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which european states joined in the fight with iraq?
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2 - uk and poland, and kind of also spain
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what role does nato have in iraq?
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1) sat on tukey iraq border and did nothing
2) provided support for the poles 3) run a part of iraq (barely) |
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what role does nato have in agnaistan?
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running afghanistan
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whata country worked together in lebanon?
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us and france
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what country ran lebanon up until 2000?
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syria and france
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what happened in february 2005?
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rafiq hariri got assassinated - prime minister of lebanon
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what non-western power building with africa?
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china
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Who had to prevent a massive war in the Balkans?
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UN
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What was the Helsinki Conference?
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Announced that the EU would be a ble to deploy troops by 2003
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What was the German role in thr Balkan conflict?
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First to recognize Bosnians as a country
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What was Russias role in the Bosnian conflict?
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Supported the Bosnians
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What was the US/UN role in the Balkan conflict?
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Germany didn't take any unilateral positions, the USSR wasn't allowed to do much in Belgium; this is an example of the US staying in, Russia out, and Germany down
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What is the trump card of the EU? Why is it so important?
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Membership... offers countries a better future
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Why are the Balkans always dominated by foreign people?
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Weak internal states because of a clash of cultures
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What is Balkanization?
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Being fractured, when something splits into small factions
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Who stood up to Stalin?
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Tito
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What three countries are awaiting EU membership?
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Macedonia, Croatia, and Serbia... Slovenia is already in
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What is the EU's other trump card?
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Financial aid and peacekeeping
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What happened in the 1300s in Kosovo
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the Battle of Kosvo, very important Kosovar leaders are killed
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What is the unsinkable aircraft carrier?
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Italy
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What is NATO referred to as by Clark?
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Consensus making machine
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How many Bosnians and Serbs died in the Balkan conflict?
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12,000 Bosnians; 3,000 Serbs
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What are the cultural makeups of the Balkans? What are they known as?
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Kosovo: Muslim Macedonia: Muslim/Christian, Bosnia - Muslim, Albania: muslim, serbia - christian ... Known as Greater Albania
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WHat were the Dayton Accords?
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Milosevic didn't follow these, gave everyone a reason to bombUNMIK
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What is the UN mission to kosovo known as?
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UNMIK
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At the time, who was the Kosovar leader before the war?
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Imbrahim Rigora
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What do the Dayton accords do?
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Say that Slovenia has a minor role in the Balkan conflict
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When was the first time Article 5 of NATO is used?
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9/11
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Where was the mass genocide take place in Yugoslavia?
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Srebrenica, prompted NATO involvment
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