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50 Cards in this Set
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War |
Sustained conflict, involving organized armed forces, resulting in a minimum of 1000 battle related fatalities |
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Hegemonic war |
War for control of the entire world |
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Total war |
Warfare by one state waged to conquer and occupy another |
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Limited war |
Military actions that seek objectives short of the surrender and occupation of the enemy |
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Civil war |
A war between factions within a state trying to create, or prevent, a new government for the entire state or some territorial part of it |
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Guerilla war |
Warfare without front lines and with irregular forces operating in the midst of, and often hidden or protected by civilian populations |
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Insurgency |
Rebellion against a standing government by mainly non state actors who are typically loosely associated |
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Levels of analysis |
Individual level - focuses on rationality Domestic level - focuses on characteristics of the state's that are more and less warlike Interstate level - focuses on power relations among major actors in the international system Global level - argue that war is cyclical |
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Nationalism |
Devotion to the interests of one's own nation over the interest of other states |
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Self determination |
Suggests that people who identify as a nation should have the right to form a state |
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Ethnic group |
Large groups of people who share ancestral, language, cultural, or religious ties and a common identity |
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Ethnocentrism |
The tendency to see ones own group in favorable terms and an "out group" in unfavorable terms |
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Islam |
A monotheistic religion that claims Muhammad as the last prophet sent by god |
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Muslims |
People who practice Islam |
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Islamists |
Groups that advocate basing government and society on Islamic law Can be violent or non violent |
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Just war theory |
Jus ad bellum (justice of war) - just cause, right intention, last resort, reasonable chance of success, proportionality Jus in Bello (justice in war) - discrimination, proportionality |
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Terrorism |
Political violence carried out by non state actors that targets civilians deliberately and indiscrimately by nonuniformed forces |
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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) |
Nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, distinguished from conventional weapons by their enormous potential lethality |
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Five articles of Islamic faith |
Belief in Allah Belief in angels Belief in God's prophets Belief in the Holy books Belief in the day of judgement Belief in Allah's determination of affairs, whether good or bad |
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Five pillars of islam |
Shahadah - bearing witness Salat - prayer in the direction of the Ka'aba Zakat - (purification) obligatory for those who can afford it Sawm - fasting during the month of Ramadan Hajj - pilgrimage to Mecca |
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State |
Sovereign political entities Set if institutions and practices which combines administrative, judicial, rule-making, and coercive powers |
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The ottoman empire |
Consisted of middle eastern states between 1300 and 1699. Was at its greatest extend between 1683 and 1699. |
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Pan arabism |
A nationalist movement to unify across borders Cooperation over Palestine is single most important factor |
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Ba'athism |
An Arab nationalist ideology that promotes the development and creation of a unified Arab state through the leadership of a vanguard party over a progressive revolutionary government |
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Arab nationalism |
Ideology; common history, culture, society, politics, religion, etc. Began under ottoman rule |
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Import substitution |
Advocates replacing foreign imports with domestic production. Country should attempt to reduce its foreign dependency through the local production of industrialized products |
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Zionism |
Was a reaction to discrimination of Jews across Europe - called for a return to Zion (biblical name for Jerusalem) |
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Peel partition plan |
A plan by a person who had never even been to Palestine to partition the region, mostly in favor of Israel |
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UN resolution 181 |
Passed in 1947 in favor of the partition of Palestine |
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Knesset |
The Israeli Parliament, or legislature, located in the capital Jerusalem |
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Majles |
Iranian Parliament |
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Grand National assembly |
The unicameral Turkish legislature |
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Consultative council |
The upper house of the National assembly, the main legislative body of Bahrain |
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Clash of civilizations |
People's cultural and religious identities will be the primary source of conflict in the post cold war world, proposed by Samuel p Huntington in 1992 |
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Globalization |
A process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology |
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Mustafa kemal (Ataturk) |
The first president of Turkey. |
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Gamaliel Abdul naser |
The second president of Egypt, serving from 1956 until his death |
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Ibn saud |
The first monarch and founder of Saudi arabia |
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Muhammad V |
Sultan of Morocco from 1927 to 1953, exiled from 53-55 and then recognized as sultan again in 1955 and king from 57 to 61 |
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Hassan II |
King of Morocco from 1961 until 1999 when he died |
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King Hussein |
King of Jordan from 1952 until his death. Recognized Israel in 1994 (2nd Arab state to do so) |
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Saddam hussein |
Fifth president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003, also a leading member of the Ba'ath Party |
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Hafiz AL Asad |
President of Syria from 1971 to 2000, and prime minister from 70 to 71 |
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Bashir AL asad |
The incumbent president of Syria, succeeded his father in 2000 |
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David Ben gurion |
The primary founder of the state of Israel and the first prime minister of Israel. Coined the term zionism I believe. |
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Reza shah pahlavi |
Shah of Iran from 1925 until forced to abdicate in 1941 |
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Muhammad reza shah pahlavi |
King of Iran from 1941 when his father was forced to abdicate until he was overthrown in 1979 |
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Ayatollah khomeini |
The leader of the Iranian revolution of 1979. First political figure to introduce and encourage terrorist activities around the world. Became supreme leader of Iran |
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Ayatollah khamenei |
The second, and current, supreme leader of Iran and a Muslim cleric |
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Muammar gadhafi |
A Libyan revolutionary who governed Libya as its primary leader from 1969 to 2011 |
