Ia Final - Book Terms

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kissinger philosophy

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linkage, détente, opening up relationship w/ China, brought the Vietnam War to an end

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independent variable

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a variable that is presumed to affect or determine a dependent variable

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dependent variable

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a variable dependent on changes in the independent variable

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Détente

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general reduction in the tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and a thawing of the Cold War

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power transition theory

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As the gap b/w the hegemon and the challenger narrows, the likelihood of conflict increases

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Linkage strategy

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Link fopo w/ something you want from another country

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Camp David Accords

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The Accords led directly to the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. Witnessed/mediated by Jimmy Carter

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Reagan Doctrine

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pledged US support for anti-communist insurgents who thought to overturn then support Marxist regimes (esp Central A and Afghanistan)

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Iran-contra scandal

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- weapons sold to Iran to manage release of US hostages
- a portion of the proceeds from the weapon sales was diverted to fund anti-Sandinista and anti-communist rebels, or Contras

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Brezhnev Doctrine

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A state that goes socialist never goes back

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New world order

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- new period of history evidencing a dramatic change in world political thought and the balance of power
Ex: HW Bush - the nature of the post Cold War era

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Liberal internationalism

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liberal states should intervene in other sovereign states in order to pursue liberal objectives. Such intervention includes military intervention and humanitarian aid

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Long telegram

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George Kennan -
- The USSR perceived itself at perpetual war with capitalism;
- Socialism and social democracy are enemies, not allies;
- The USSR would use controllable Marxists in the capitalist world as allies;
- Soviet aggression was fundamentally not aligned with the views of the Russians or with economic reality, but in historic Russian xenophobia and paranoia;
- The Soviet government's structure prohibited objective or accurate pictures of internal and external reality

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Containment policy

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articulated by Kennan.
policy uniting military, economic, and diplomatic strategies to contain any further Soviet communist expansion and to enhance America’s security and influence abroad during the Cold War

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Maastrict Treaty

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1992 created the European Union and led to the creation of the euro

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Partnership for Peace

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a NATO program aimed at creating trust between NATO and other states in Europe and the former Soviet Union; 23 nations are members

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Dayton Accords

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accords put an end to the three and a half year long war in Bosnia, one of the armed conflicts in the former Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia

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PATRIOT Act

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act expanding powers of US government on spying and detention

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Bush Doctrine

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preemption, primacy

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Clinton’s Presidential Directive 39 (PDD-39)

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federal response to increased threat of terrorism

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Boycott

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refusal to buy certain products to pressure the seller

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Dumping

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– selling a product in a foreign country below the price charged at home (a form of neo-mercantilism) , against WTO rules

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Devaluation

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artificially lower the value of the currency

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Foreign aid

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some channeled through the UN, used to be more effective b/c now replaced by MNCs

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Non-tariff barriers (NTB)

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trade barriers that restrict imports but are not in the usual form of a tariff
ex: regulations

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Quota

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a quantity restriction on imports of a particular product, US doesn’t use this a lot either

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Geoeconomics

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study of the spatial, temporal, and political aspects of economies and resources
clinton

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APEC

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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim countries or regions (styled 'member economies') to discuss the regional economy, cooperation, trade and investment

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NAFTA

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North Atlantic Free Trade Organization

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ASEAN

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a geo-political and economic organization of 10 countries located in Southeast Asia. Its aims include the acceleration of economic growth, social progress, cultural development among its members, the protection of the peace and stability of the region, and to provide opportunities for member countries to discuss differences peacefully

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Perestroika

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economic restructuring by Gorbachev

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glasnost

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policy of maximal publicity, openness, and transparency in the activities of all government institutions in the Soviet Union, together with freedom of information, introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev

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Neo-mercantilism

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a policy regime which encourages exports, discourages imports, controls capital movement and centralizes currency decisions in the hands of a central government

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Sustainable development

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a belief that the world must work towards a model of econ development that also protects the delicate environmental systems on which humanity depends for its existence, don’t exhaust what you have today for the future

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GATT

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General agreement on tariffs and trade – created WTO

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1988 Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act

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identified violators of free trade and arranged penalties

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First Gulf War

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a United Nations-authorized military conflict between Iraq and a coalition force fcommissioned with expelling Iraqi forces from Kuwait after Iraq's occupation and annexation of Kuwait in August of 1990

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Second Gulf War

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iraq war?

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Desert shield

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Operation Desert Shield was when U.S. troops were moved into Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraq from invading

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Desert storm

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the U.S. name of the air and land operations in Persian Gulf War and is often incorrectly used to refer to the entire conflict

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Arafat

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former chairman of the PLO (early 1990s)

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Intifada

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an Arabic word for shaking off, though it is generally translated into English as rebellion. Generally, palestinian uprising against israel