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What did Trump say during the campaign about dismantling the UN |
Nothing |
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Cliff said trumps like the UN because |
He prides himself on making deals |
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Trump said what about the Paris accord |
Will withdrawal US from it |
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Aggrement within the UN for Climate Change starting in 2020 |
Paris Accord |
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Trump said about water boarding |
Torture works |
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Trump and Cuba |
Repeal Obama Orders with Cuba |
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Topics in Trump and UN article |
Climate Change, Refugees, Iran Nuclear Deal, Human Rights, Arms Trade Treaty, Isreal, Cuba |
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Reagan plan that would knock down incoming rockets |
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or Star Wars |
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Revival of SDI proposed by bush |
National Missile Defense (NMD) |
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Proponents of NMD argue that |
States with missiles and nuclear warheads will soon be a threat |
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Part of the Versailles Treaty in hopes to prevent future wars |
League of Nations |
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The main failure of the League of Nations |
Failure of collective security |
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Idea if collective security had 2 weakness |
1. Difficult to agree on what aggression is. 2. Getting member states to comply with Council to apply sanctions |
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Aggrement by all countries to automatically punish aggressor states |
Collective Security |
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Stated that people will out number food supplies |
Thomas Malthus |
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Malthusianism's computer model neglects |
Possibly of increasing supplies and technology change |
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Underground water bearing layer |
Aquifer |
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Powers of the security council |
1. Meets at anytime to preserve pease. 2. Order compliance with its resolution 3. Right to veto any resolution |
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Blocking a measure by just one vote against |
Veto |
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International charities and volunteering groups |
Non-governmental organization (NGO) |
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Tendency of modest peacekeeping goals to expand |
Mission creep |
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1944 agreement to fix exchange rates to the dollar backed by gold |
Bretton Woods |
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Change from floating to fixed exchange rates |
Bretton Woods |
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Caused for a change leading to the Bretton Woods aggrement |
Depression and WW2 |
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How much one currency buys another |
Exchange rate |
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One currency buys a set number of other currencies |
Fixed exchange rate |
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One currency buys a varying number of other currencies, depending on the market for them |
Floating exchange rate |
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A market that has gone too high |
Bubble |
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The 1960 improvement in plant varieties, especially rice, boosting output to increase food production by scientists and technology |
Green revolution |
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Who was called the father of the green revolution |
Norman Borlaug |
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Related to the world as a whole, too big for one country or group of countries to handle |
Transnational |
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Something that all use free, such as air |
Collective good |
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The overuse of collective good |
Tragedy of the commons |
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Usable for food growing |
Arable |
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Directed Cubase defense at the Bay of pigs |
Fidel castro |
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Castro government was |
Totalitarian |
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Continued the communist revolution |
Castro |
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Castro told US |
We don't need anything from yall |
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What degree does castro has |
Law |
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Castro declared that his revolution was |
Socialist |
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Castro never.... |
Established a purely Communist state in Cuba nor adopt orthodox Communist party ideology |
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Castro helped Cuba |
Flatten traditional hierarchy, improve education and health care |
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Castro ' supporters |
Fidelistas |
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Policy of keeping out foreign policy |
Protectionism |
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Selling more to other countries than you buy from them |
Trade surplus |
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Market based system to incentivize cutting CO2 emissions |
Cap and trade |
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When a client or junior ally turns on its sponsor |
Blowback |
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Government spending to boost consumption and fight recessions |
Keynesian economics |
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Who applied Keynesian economics in us |
Roosevelt administration |
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Who applied Keynesian economics in Europe |
Hitler |
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Keynesian economics in US |
Mildly in debt to provide jobs, loans and price supports |
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Keynesian economics in Germany |
Public works project and large government loans |
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An oder to expel a diplomat |
Persona non grata |
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Persona non grata means what in latin |
Unwanted person |
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Traditional rules on behavior in war |
Jus in bello |
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____ and ___ are medieval traditions that was expanded with the Geneva Convention |
Jus ad bellum and jus in bello |
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Modern rules on behavior in war |
Geneva Convention |
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Traditional rules on right to go to war |
Jus ad bellum |
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What is secretary general Ban ki-moon's plan |
To rush Paris climate change accord in hope to bind all countries to it for 4 years regardless of election outcome |
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Who is the Trump backer who wants to bring back enhance interrogation |
Jose Rodriguez |
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Obama commanded all government employees to use only interrogation techniques set out in |
US army field manual |
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What did Rodriguez do during the Bush administration |
Destroy tapes of interrogation |
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Observation of rules with no exception for oneself |
Consistency |
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Doing to others what they have done to you |
Reciprocity |
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Extent of sovereignty from states' shores |
Territorial limits |
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Punishment for violation of international law |
Sanction |
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Gaining countries cooperation in specialized matters so it spills over into general cooperation |
Functionalism |
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Winthrop president that was also an ambassador to the UK |
Phillip lader |
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Third party military forces to stabilize a cease fire |
Peacekeeping |
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Disputants negotiate through a nearby mediator, not face-to-face |
Proximity talks |
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The realist that created 9 rules to revive diplomacy |
Hans Morgenthau |
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International commitment of less importance than a treaty |
Executive agreement |
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Buying more from other countries than you sell to them |
Trade deficit |
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Dissuading attack by showing it's high costs to the attacker |
Deterrence |
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Attempts to relax tensions between hostile countries |
Détente diplomacy |
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Elimination of existing weapons |
Disarmament |
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Being considered trustworthy or believable, the crux of deterrence |
Credibility |
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Deterrence requires |
Capabilities, communication, credibility and calculation |
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Mutually reinforcing negative effects of each nation's effort to increase defense capabilities |
Security dilemma |
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Swift replacement of leadership, usually by military force |
Coup |
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Place known for coups |
Latin America |
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Theory that unequal wealth motivates underdog group |
Relative deprivation |
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One of the earliest explanation for internal conflict |
Relative deprivation |
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War on terrorism is an example of |
Asymmetrical conflict |
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An armed rebellion or uprising |
Insurgency |
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Efforts and methods to put down an insurgency |
Counterinsurgency |
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What starts terrorism |
Insurgency |
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Who wins most asymmetrical wars |
Weak actors |
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What mag or world powers did not join the ICC |
Us, Russia, China |
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Why did 3 African nations leave ICC |
They state it's bias due to all investigations were in Africa |
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What 3 African countries want to leave the ICC |
Gambia, Burundi, South Africa |
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Industrialization modernize whole society, paving way for democracy |
Modernization theory |
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Selling goods abroad for less than it costs to produce them |
Dumping |
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What did the breakup of Yugoslavia prove |
The EU was weak |
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Arificial country of Slavs that was created and broken by war |
Yugoslavia |
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UN protection force to keep peace in Croatia and Bosnia |
UN protection force |
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To formally accept a treaty as binding |
Ratify |
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Reasons to believe that EU is useless |
Terrorist attacks, Refugees, high unemployment and low economic growth |
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What was EU meeting in Bratislava for |
To look at the future without Britain |
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France, Germany and Netherlands hopes to announce plans in Bratislava for |
Reinforced EU security through joint military headquarters |
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The article ISIS sent 4 bombs was about |
A photographer, Denton, who was hit with a bomb from ISIS |
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Linkage between environment and politics |
Ecopolitics |
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Technology and adaption will save us |
Cornucopian school |
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What can countries do when it comes to climate change |
Carbon tax, cap and trade, rethink globalization |
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Aggressive, risk taking regime unbound by rules or agreements |
Rogue state |
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Methods of compelling a foe to give up weapons |
Coercive disarmament |
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Security concept that means to be nice to your neighbors |
Live and let live |
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Try to stay neutral among aggressive neighbors |
Bystanding |
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Follow the lead of a stronger nation |
Bandwagon |
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Pass responsibility to a stronger neighbor |
Buckpassing |
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Create protective alliance |
Balance of power |
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A strong country arranges things to its desires |
Hegemony |
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Most recent defense strategies |
Star wars, Theater Missile Defense, National Missile defense |
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What type of war last the longest |
Civil wars |
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A fundamental change in regime |
Revolution |
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Unequal wealth motivates underdog groups |
Relative deprivation |
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Most important precipitating factors of civil war |
Poverty |
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The two antagonist in civil war |
Government and opposing party |
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A strategy to weaken a hated political party by inspiring fear |
Terrorism |
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Who is Russia afraid of bombing them |
US |
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Where did Russia want to put their next bomb shelter? |
The stadium in st. Petersburg for 2018 World Cup |
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The shelter was about |
Fear in the Russian people |
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What is the fear behind Trump talking to Taiwan |
War with China to defend Taiwan |
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Pence stated that the phone call from Taiwan was abouy6 |
Congratulating trump |
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Why did Iran say they will retaliate? |
The extension of the Iran Sanctions Act that violates last year deal to curb nuclear program |
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Who is president of Iran |
Hassan Rouhani |
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When does ISA expect to expire |
December 2016 |
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Countries with economic troubles in EU |
Greece, Spain, Italy, and Portugal |
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Stated the EU is collapsing |
Guy Milliere |
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Reasons Milliere gives for EU collapse |
Immigration, population decline, countries in debt, pensions cut, votes at national level and not at EU level |
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Stated EU is doing fine |
Jose Barroso |
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What did Barroso stated about the single market? |
Key lever for competitiveness and employment |
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How is the EU been doing on global trade |
Increase surplus |
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Stated US should not join ICC |
Schaefer and Groves |
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Flaws in Rome Statute |
Lacks safe guard against political manipulation, no accountability from security council, and violates sovereignty |
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The ICC is dependent on |
Governments to arrest and transfer |
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What is not clearly defined in ICC |
Aggression |
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Stated joining ICC is in US National Interest |
Michael Scharf |
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Military Tribunals that punished war crimes of holocaust |
Nuremberg Trails |
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Who has sovereignty over Germany |
Allied Control council |
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Scharf stated US absence from ICC causes |
If one is arrested in another country they can be brought to court. US can't help make rules. Prevents US from nominating a candidate for courts bench |
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Stated to ratify CEDAW for women rights |
Melanne verveer |
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US is the only industrial country that doesn't have |
Paid maternity leave |
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Rejected the CEDAW |
Steven Groves |
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Groves rejected CEDAW cause |
It's not needed to end gender discrimination |
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What did the CEDAW urge Guinea to do |
Not penalized women for prostitution |
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Said Guantanimo Bay should close |
Elisa Massimino |
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When did US aquire bay |
Spanish American war |
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Said Guantanimo Bay should remain open |
Frank Gaffney |
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Since 9-11 how many detainees been convicted |
7 |
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The possibility that a release detainee would return to the fight |
Recidivism |
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Gaffney stated about transport prisoners to us prison |
Security risk |
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Gaffney response to the comment that Guantanimo is a recruitment tool |
Shutting down would show submission |
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Required industrial countries to cut CO2 emissions but put no limits on developing countries |
Kyoto protocol |
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Agreed that science regarding global warming is not clear |
James Inhofe |
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Double electricity from renewable energy by 2020 |
Climate Action Plan |
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Suggest that a richer China has created a large group of educated middle class citizens who push for the idea of democracy |
Modernization theory |
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Treaty that aim to make war illigal |
Kellogg-briand Pact |
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A legal spy that operates in a foreign country under an official cover |
Resident Spy |
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International organization that promotes peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit it for military |
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) |