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36 Cards in this Set
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hegemonic war |
war over control of the entire world order |
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civil war |
war between factions within a state |
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guerrilla war |
warfare without front lines |
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conflict |
differences in preferred outcomes in a bargaining situation |
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irredentism |
goal of regaining territory lost to another state |
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territorial warers |
the waters near states shores generally treated as part of national territory |
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airspace |
space above a state that is considered its territory |
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nationalism |
devotion to the interests of one's own nation over the interest of other states |
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ethnic groups |
groups that share kinship/identity/ancestry. they share beliefs and often a language |
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ethnocentrism |
tendency to see one's own group in favorable terms and an out-group in unfavorable terms |
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genocide |
systematic extermination of ethnic or religious groups |
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secular |
separation between religion and government |
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Islamist |
political ideology based on instituting islamic principles and laws in government |
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international norms |
expectations actors hold about normal international relations |
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UN charter |
based on the principles that states are equal under international law, states have full sovereignty over their own affairs, states have full independence and territorial integrity and they must carry out their obligations |
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UN general assembly |
representatives of all states sit together and listen to speeches and pass resolutions |
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UN security council |
5 great powers with a veto power (USA, China, Great Britain, France, Russia) and 10 rotating members who make decisions about international peace and security |
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UN secretariat |
UN's executive branch, led by the secretary general. decides agenda and has more social power than material power |
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Proliferation |
the spread of weapons of mass destruction |
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proliferation treaty |
says 1) states that don't have nuclear weapons can't build them and 2) states who do have nuclear weapons have to make and effort to get rid of some and help states who don't have them and want to use nuclear power |
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vertical proliferation |
when a state builds up it's nuclear weapons |
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horizontal proliferation |
the spread of nuclear weapons to states who don't have them |
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supranational |
larger institutions and groupings such as the EU to which state authority or national identity is subordinated |
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European Union |
created after WWII, includes states in Europe |
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Treaty of Rome |
founding document of the EU |
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European commission |
members are from states and they represent EU interests |
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Council of the European Union |
ministers from each state, enact legislation and reconcile national interests |
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European Parliament |
watchdog over the European Commission and has little legislative power |
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European Court of justice |
adjudicates disputers on matters covered by the Treaty of Rome |
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International court of justice/world court |
judicial arm of the UN, hears cases between states |
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human rights |
rights of human beings against certain abuses of their own governments |
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responsibility to protect |
governments worldwide must act to save civilians from genocide or crimes against humanity |
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International criminal court |
hears cases of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of aggression. Only tries individuals not states |
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war |
sustained organized violence between 2 internationally recognized states. Types are interests/material (territory, economic, government control) and ideas (ideology, ethnicity, religion) |
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terrorism |
cases in which non-state actors attack civilians, secret non uniform forces who attack across state borders, act against state actors |
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asymmetrical warfare |
wars between one big power and one much weaker group |
