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13 Cards in this Set
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European Commission
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-Function •Administers policy adopted by the Council and the Parliament •Can propose legislation to those branches •Proposes new laws •Manages EU budgetary affairs •Primary negotiator for the EU -Staff •25 commissioners who serve 5-year terms & act as cabinet •don’t represent country’s viewpoint •President of Commission •Lecture -1999, Treaty of Amsterdam •enhance powers of president of EU Commission and European Parliament -bureaucracy of the European Union |
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UN Security - General
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-currently: Ban Ki Moon of South Korea
-5 year term -elected by the General Council |
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soft power
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-the ability to persuade others to follow your lead by being an attractive example
-positive incentives -as opposed to hard power (military, economy). soft power = quality of population, % of population with a graduate's degree, etc. |
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National infrastructure as element of power
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-technology, transportation systems, information & communications
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Jus ad bellum
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-just cause of war
-no longer exists, in theory -last resort -only declared by legitimate authority -used in self-defense or to establish justice -used to bring peace |
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Jus in bello
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-just conduct of war
-amount of force used must be proportionate to the threat -force must not make noncombatants intentional targets |
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Int'l Criminal Courts
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-operates from the Hague, Netherlands
-prosecutes individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression -omplement existing national judicial systems: it can exercise its jurisdiction only when national courts are unwilling or unable to investigate or prosecute such crimes. -Primary responsibility to investigate and punish crimes is therefore left to individual states. |
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terrorism
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systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion
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WMD
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-Weapons of Mass Destruction
-biological (diseases), chemical, nuclear |
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NPT
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-Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
- Prohibits selling, giving or recieving nuclear weapons -signed in 1968, made permanent in 1995 -189 parties involved |
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GDP/PPP
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-Gross Domestic Product/Purchasing Power Parity
-GDP adjusted to a relative value against the US dollar based on differentiations in the cost of local purchases |
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IMF
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-International Monetary Fund
-One of the world's leading global economic organizations -main focus: support lesser developed countries and maintain exchange-rate stability -created in 1940 |
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OECD
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-Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
-forum for members to discuss economic issues; generates statistics and studies; offers economic advice & technical assistance -helps LDCs |
