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GLOBAL TERRORISM
Definition
STRATEGIC USE OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE BY NONSTATE ACTORS FOR POLITICAL ENDS THAT TARGETS INNOCENTS AND CIVILIANS
Term
ASPECTS OF TERRORISM
Definition
ATTACKS ARE HIGHLY VISIBLE, UNPREDICTABLE, AND INDISCRIMINATE TO MAXIMIZE TERROR, FEAR AND VULNERABLITY
Term
REASON FOR TERRORISM
Definition
USE PSYCHOLOGICAL TERROR AS LEVERAGE TO PRESSURE GOVERNMENTS AND SOCIETIES TOWARDS ADVANCING A STRATEGIC POLITICAL OBJECTIVE
Term
IDEOLOGICAL TERRORISM
Definition
VIOLINCE COMMITTED BY LEFT OR RIGHT WING POLITICAL GROUPS TO ADVANCE IDEOLOGY OR AGENDA
Term
LEFT WING TERRORISM
Definition
LIBERAL, SOCIALIST, REVOLUTIONARY AGAINST CORRUPT GOVERNMENT OR MARKET SYSTEM. EG. WEATHER UNDERGROUND
Term
RIGHT WING TERRORISM
Definition
CONSERVATIVE/REACTIONARY, FASCIST AGAINST GOVERNMENT, IMMIGRANTS, RACIAL GROUPS EG 2011 NORWAY ATTACKS
Term
ETHNONATIONAL TERRORISM
Definition
FOUGHT BY ETHNIC OR NATIONAL GROUPS AGAINST LARGER POLITICAL POWER FOR INDEPENDENCE OR AUTONOMY
Term
FREEDOM FIGHTERS OR TERRORISTS?
Definition
AIM OF SELF DETERMINATION AND POLITICAL/TERRITORIAL GOALS
Term
RELIGIOUS OR SACRED TERRORISM
Definition
MOTIVATED BY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, SCRIPTURES, JUSTIFICATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS OR WORLD VIEWS
Term
RISE OF RELIGIOUS TERRORISM
Definition
INCREASING TOWARDS US AND WESTERN ALLIES, LESS ATTACKS = MORE FATALITIES, MORE INTERNALIZATION
Term
MAJOR 21ST CENTRURY TERRORIST ATTACKS
Definition
2001 USA; 2002 BALI BOMBINGS, INDONESIA; 2004 MADRID BOMBINGS, SPAIN; 2005 LONDON TRANSIT ATTACK, UK; 2008 MUMBAI ATTACKS, INDIA
Term
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (WMD)
Definition
EXPONENTIALLY MORE DANGEROUS THAN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS OF INDISCRIMINANT IN THEIR DESTRUCTION
Term
CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Definition
ARE DESIGNED TO RELEASE GAS TO KILL OR DISABLE PEOPLE
Term
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
Definition
USE MICROOGANISMS, VIRUSES, BACTERIA, OR BIOLOGICAL TOXINS (YET UNUSED)
Term
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Definition
POTENTIALLY MOST DESTRUCTIVE AND DANGEROUS, POWER TO DESTROW CITIES, STATES, WORLD, HIGHLY INDISCRIMINATE
Term
ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS (1991-2011)
Definition
EG STRATEGIC ARMS REDUCTION TREATIES BETWEEN US AND RUSSIA TO REDUCE WARHEADS
Term
NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (1970)
Definition
LIMIT SPREAD TO, OR DEVELOPMENT BY, NON-NUCLEAR WEAPON STATES, EG INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY
Term
COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY (1996)
Definition
BAN TEST EXPLOSIONS (ADOPTED BY UN BUT NOT YET IN FORCE DUE TO STATES NOT RATIFYING)
Term
PROLIFERATION
Definition
THE SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO NEW STATES AND OTHER ACTORS
Term
US CONGRESSIONAL COMMISSION ON THE PREVENTION OF WMD PROLIFERATION AND TERRORISM (2008)
Definition
MORE LIKELY THAN NOT THAT A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION WILL BE USED IN A TERRORIS ATTACK SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD BY 2013
Term
WAR IN IR
Definition
VIOLENT CONFLICTS THAT RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT MILITARY AND/OR CIVILIAN DEATHS (1000 + BATTLE DEATHS)
Term
INTERSTATE WAR
Definition
FOUGHT BETWEEN TWO OR MORE STATE GOVERNMENTS ACROSS STATE BORDERS (TRADITIONAL WARFARE)
Term
INTRASTATE WAR
Definition
FOGHT BETWEEN STATE OR NONSTATE ACTORS WITHIN A SINGLE TERRITORY (CIVIL OR ETHNIC)
Term
INTERSTATE WAR IN 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES
Definition
MOST BRUTAL AND DESTRUCTIVE WARS IN HUMAN SOCIETY
Term
REASONS FOR EXTREMELY VIOLENT WARFARE
Definition
INCREASED MECHANIZATION OF WAR, INCREASED NUMBER OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES AND TARGETS, RISE OF UNCONVENTIONAL WAR, DIRECT/INDIRECT INVOLVEMENT OF US IN MOST MAJOR WARS
Term
WWI
Definition
FIRST HIGHLY DESTRUCTIVE WORLD WARS BETWEEN ALLIANCS OF GREAT POWERS
Term
ALLIES OF WWI
Definition
UK, FRANCE, RUSSIA, USA
Term
CENTREAL POWERS OF WWI
Definition
GERMANY, AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE, OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Term
CASUALTIES OF WWI
Definition
16 MILLION (10 MILITARY, 6 CIVILIAN)
Term
WWII
Definition
WAR FOUGHT IN TWO MAIN THEATRES, EUROPE (1939-1945) AND THE PACIFIC (1941-1945)
Term
ALLIES OF WWII
Definition
US, UK, USSR, FRANCE/POLAND
Term
AXIS OF WWII
Definition
NAZI GERMANY, JAPAN, FASCIST ITALY
Term
CASUALTIES OF WWII
Definition
60 MILLION (20 MILITARY, 40 CIVILIAN)
Term
COLD WAR (1945-1990)
Definition
IDEOLOGICAL BATTLE BETWEEN US AND USSR AND THEIR ALLIES FOR EUROPE AND THE WORLD
Term
SOVIET STRATEGIE DURING COLD WAR
Definition
EXPANSIONISM
Term
US STRATEGIE DURING COLD WAR
Definition
CONTAINMENT
Term
WARS RESULTING FROM THE COLD WAR
Definition
KOREAN AND VIETNAM WARS
Term
PERSIAN GULF WAR (1990-1991)
Definition
ATTEMPT BY IRAQ TO ANNEX KUWAIT
Term
CHAPTER VII OF UN
Definition
INVOKED TO TAKE MILITARY ACTION IN 'COLECTIVE SECURITY' VS AGRESSION
Term
CASUALTIES OF PERSIAN GULF WAR
Definition
LESS THAN 200 COALITION, 25000 IRAQI ARMY, 2000 CIVILIANS
Term
WAR IN AFGHANISTAN (2001-NOW)
Definition
US AND COALITION OF WILLING LED INVASION OF IRAQ UNDER OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM TO REMOVE IRAQI GOVERNMENT W/O CHAPTER VII UN APPROVAL AND STRONG OPPOSITION
Term
WHY INTERSTATE WAR
Definition
NO SINGLE THEORY OF IR EXPLAINS THE CAUSES
Term
DECLINE OF INTERSTATE WAR
Definition
EXISTENCE OF LONG PEACE BETWEEN GREAT POWERS
Term
TECHNOLOGY OF WARFARE
Definition
TOO DESTRUCTIVE
Term
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Definition
HELP INCREASE TRANSPARENCY, COMMUNICATION AND NON-VIOLENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Term
INTERDEPENDENCE AND DEMOCRACY
Definition
INCREASED GROWTH OF ECONOMIC INTERDEPENDENCE
Term
EXPONENTIAL RISE IN NUMBER OF MATURE, LIBERAL DEMOCRACIES OVER 20TH CENTURY
Definition
CREATION OF GROWING DEMOCRATIC PEACE AND IRRATIONALITY OF WAR BETWEEN INTERCONNECTED STATES
Term
IDENTITY AND NORMS
Definition
GROWING EXISTENCE OF ZONES OF PEACE MAKES IT SEM LIKE WAR IS NOT EVEN POSSIBLE
Term
FUTURE THREATS
Definition
RESOURCE CONFLICTS, SPILLOVER OF INTRASTATE CONFLICTS, ROGUE STATES, NONSTATE ACTORS, HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION
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INTRASTATE CONFLICT
Definition
OCCUR WITHIN THE STATE
Term
CIVIL WAR
Definition
INTERNAL POLITICAL OR IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICT BETWEEN TWO OR MORE HIGHLY ORGANIZED FACTIONS TO EITHER CREATE, PREVENT CHANGE OR CONTROL A NEW GOVERNMENT
Term
ETHNIC OR NATIONAL GROUPS
Definition
WITHIN A STATE SHARING A SENSE OF NATIONALISM AND NATIONAL IDENTITY
Term
SELF-DETERMINATION
Definition
BELIEF ONE'S NATIONAL GROUP SHOULD BE POLITICLALY AUTONOMOUS (HAVE SOVEREIGN CONTROL OF TERRITORY) IN A NATION-STATE
Term
STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF EXISTING GOVERNMENT
Definition
POLITICAL OR TERRITORIAL SUCCESSION
Term
COLONIAL LEGACY
Definition
ATTEMPT BY NATIONAL GROUPS TO GAIN POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE FROM COLONIAL RULERS
Term
POST COLONIAL STATES
Definition
MAJORITY OF ETHNONATIONAL CONFLICTS CENTER
Term
FRAGMENTATION
Definition
DISSOLUTION OF LARGER MULTINATIONAL STATES
Term
ETHNIC GROUPS
Definition
SHARE COMMON KINSHIP OR OTHER ETHNIC MARKERS
Term
ETHNOCENTRISM
Definition
TENDENCY TO VIEW ONES OWN GROUP MORE POSITIVELY WHILE OUTSIDERS TEND TO BE VIEWED MORE NEGATIVELY
Term
ETHNIC ELITES/LEADERS
Definition
SEEK TO EMPHASIZE DIFFERENCES FOR THEIR OWN POLITICAL GAINS
Term
DOMINATION AND DISCRIMINATION
Definition
CREATES VIOLENCE
Term
ETHNONATIONAL VIOLENCE
Definition
CAN BE SELF-REINFORCING
Term
DEHUMANIZATION
Definition
NO LONGER VIEW OTHERS AS HUMAN BEINGS ENTITLED TO EQUAL HUMAN RIGHTS
Term
ETHNIC CLEANSING
Definition
THE PLANNED AND DELIBERATE REMOVAL FROM A SPECIFIC TERRITORY, PERSONS OF A PARTICULAR ETHNIC GROUP TO RENDER THAT AREA ETHNICALLY HOMOGENOUS
Term
GENOCIDE
Definition
THE SYSTEMATIC EXTERMINATION OF ANOTHER ETHNONATIONAL GROUP IN WHOLE OR IN PART
Term
GROUP IDENTITY
Definition
STRONG POLITICAL/IDEOLOGICAL, ETHNIC OR NATIONAL COMPONENT
Term
CIVIL WAR
Definition
INTERNAL POLITICAL OR IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICT BETWEEN TWO OR MORE HIGHLY ORGANIZED FACTIONS
Term
GOAL OF CIVIL WAR
Definition
TO EITHER CREATE, PREVENT, CHANGE, OR CONTROL A NEW GOVERNMENT
Term
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (1861-1865)
Definition
OVER 600,000 KILLED, 400,000 WOUNDED
Term
LIBYAN REVOLUTION (2011)
Definition
25,000-30,000 KILLED, 50,000 WOUNDED`
Term
NATIONALIST CONFLICT
Definition
CIVIL WARS FOUGHT BETWEEN ONE OR MORE DISTINCT ETHNIC OR NATIONAL GROUPS SHARING A SENSE OF NATIONALISM
Term
SELF-DETERMINATION
Definition
BELIEF ONE'S NATIONAL GROUP SHOULD BE POLITICALLY AUTONOMOUS
Term
NATION-STATE
Definition
CAN LEAD TO CONFLICT WHEN STATE BORDERS DON'T LINE UP WITH NATIONAL IDENTITY OR FEEL UNDERREPRESENTED
Term
CENTER OF NATIONALIST CONFLICT
Definition
STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF EXISTING GOVERNMENT OR FOR POLITICAL AND TERRITORIAL SUCCESSION TO FORM A NEW STATE AROUND IDENTITY GROUP
Term
NATIONALIST CONFLICT VIOLENCE
Definition
EXISTING POWERS NOT WILLING TO RELINGUISH CONTROL OF TERRITORY
Term
COLONIAL LEGACY
Definition
ATTEMPT BY NATIONAL GROUPS TO GAIN POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE FROM RULERS
Term
DO NOT REFLECT ETHNOGRAPHICAL IDENTITIES
Definition
ARTIFICIAL AND ARBITRARY POLITICAL AND TERRITORIAL BOUNDARIES
Term
POST-COLONIAL STATES
Definition
MAJORITY OF ENNONATIONAL CONFLICTS
Term
FRAGMENTATION
Definition
DISSOLUTION OF LARGER MULTINATIONAL STATES
Term
TERRITORIAL DISPUTES
Definition
HIGH PROPENSITY FOR VIOLENT CONFLICT, BUT CAN BE NONVIOLENT
Term
ETHNIC CONFLICT
Definition
CONFLICT FOUGHT BETWEEN TWO OR MORE ETHNIC IDENTITY GROUPS
Term
COMMON KINSHIP
Definition
ANCESTRAL, RACIAL, LINGUISTIC, RELIGIOUS, CULTURAL, TERRITORIAL TIES TO HOMELAND
Term
ETHNIC MARKERS
Definition
DRESS, PRACTICES
Term
ETHNONATIONAL
Definition
POLITICAL BASIS FOR BROADER NATIONAL IDENTITY
Term
ETHNIC IDENTITY
Definition
NOT CAUSE OF INTERETHNIC CONFLICT, BUT CAN HELP TO FORM THE BASI FOR VIOLENCE
Term
TANGIBLE MATERIAL GREVANCES
Definition
MOST DANGEROUS WHEN ETHNIC IDENTITY IS LINKED TO IT BETWEEN GROUPS
Term
ETHNIC DOMINATION AND DISCRIMINATION
Definition
WHEN ONE GROUP CONTROLS THE STATE
Term
COLLECTIVE FEARS, REINFORCE GROUP SOLIDARITY, INCREASE HOSTILITY
Definition
BASED ON DIVIDING LINES OF ETHNIC IDENTITY THAT LEAD TO VIOLENCE
Term
ETHNONATIONAL VIOLENCE
Definition
ETHNONATIONAL VIOLENCE CAN BE SELF-REINFORCING
Term
PERCEIVED THREAT
Definition
DIVISIONS AND HOSTILITIES CAN BE SOLIDIFIED
Term
STEREOTYPES
Definition
NEGATIVE PREJUDICES ABOUT THE OTHER AND DEPERSONALIZATION
Term
PROTRACTED AND INTRACTABLE CYCLES OF VIOLENCE
Definition
STEREOTYPES LEAD TO IT
Term
DEHUMANIZATION
Definition
NO LONGER VIEW OTHER AS HUMAN BEINGS ENTITLED TO BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS
Term
SKEWED MORAL BELIEFS
Definition
RIGHT TO PERSECUTE AND KILL MEMBERS OF OTHER ETHNOGRAPHICAL GROUPS
Term
MASS ATROCITIES
Definition
ETHNIC CLEANSING, GENOCIDE
Term
ETHNIC CLEANSING
Definition
THE PLANNED AND DELIBERATE REMOVAL FROM A SPECIFIC TERRITORY, PERSONS OF A PARTICULAR ETHNIC GROUP TO RENDER THAT AREA ETHNICALLY HOMOGENOUS
Term
GENOCIDE
Definition
THE SYSTEMATIC EXTERMINATION OF ANOTHER ETHNONATIONAL GROUP IN WHOLE OR IN PART
Term
RWANDAN GENOCIDE (1994)
Definition
ROOTS OF CONFLICT BACK TO BELGIAN RULE IN 20S DIVIDING POPULATION INTO HUTU/TUTSI IDENTITIES AND PLACING TUTSI MINORITY TO KEY POSITIONS OF POER
Term
1959 HUTU UPRISING
Definition
20,000 TUTSI DEAD
Term
1962 INDEPENDENCE
Definition
HUTU RISE TO DOMINANCE
Term
RWANDAN GENOCIDE (1994) FACTS
Definition
800,000 - 1 MIL RWANDANS KILLED IN 100 DAYS -- HUTU TARGETING TUTSI
Term
RWANDAN GENOCIDE (1994) AFTERMATH
Definition
2 MIL DISPLACED HUTU, CONTINUED ANIMOSITIES, JAILING OF OVER 120,000 HUTU, ESTABLISHMENT OF TUTSI GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY LED BY RPF ANDPAUL KAGAME
Term
TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY
Definition
NORM THAT HAS BEEN THE KEY ORDERING PRINCIPLE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SINCE THE CREATION OF MODERN STATE SYSTEM
Term
STATE'S GOVERNMENTAL RIGHTS
Definition
ULTIMATE CONTROL OVER OWN TERRITORY AND OWN CITIZENS
Term
TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY
Definition
RIGHT OF NON-INTERFERENCE IN DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
Term
NEW WORLD ORDER
Definition
ARTICLE 2 OF THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER
Term
ARTICLE 2 OF THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER
Definition
NOTHING CONTAINED IN THE PRESENT CHARTER SHALL AUTHORIZE THE UN TO INTERVENE IN MATTERS WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY WITHIN THE DOMESTIC JURISDICTION OF ANY STATE
Term
CHAPTER VII
Definition
ALLOWED UNSEC TO OVERRIDE THE SOVEREIGNTY IF THREAT TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
Term
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
Definition
NEW NORM OF UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS ALSO INCLUDED IN ARTICLE 3 OF UNITED NATIONS CHARTER
Term
ARTICLE 3 OF UNITED NATIONS CHARTER
Definition
PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND FOR FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS W/O DISTINCTION AS TO RACE, SEX, LANGUAGE OR RELIGION
Term
POST-SOVEREIGN CONCEPT
Definition
TO BE RECOGNIZED AND PROTECTED FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF THEIR NATIONAL CITIZENSHIP
Term
HUMAN RIGHTS NORM
Definition
ICREASINGLY INTERNALIZED AND INSTITUTIONALIZED BY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY UNDER INTERNATIONAL CUSTOM, LAWS AND TREATIES POST 1945
Term
DUTY ON STATES
Definition
TO RESPECT AND PROTECT THE BASIC RIGHTS OF THEIR CITIZENS AND RECOGNIZED RIGHTS LINKED TO UN'S GOAL OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
Term
TRADITIONAL SECURITY
Definition
EMPHASIS ON INTERSTATE WAR AND EXTERNAL THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY OF SOVEREIGN STATES
Term
HUMAN SECURITY
Definition
SHIFT IN FOCUS TO SECURITY OF INDIVIDUAL HUMAN BEINGS REGARDLESS OF THEIR CITIZENSHIP
Term
FREEDOM FROM FEAR
Definition
PHYSICAL SECURITY PROTECTIONS; POLITICAL RIGHTS
Term
FREEDOM FROM WANT
Definition
PROTECTIONS FROM ECONOMIC HEALTH, FOOD, AND ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS TO INDIVIDUALS
Term
ENSURE PEACE AND SECURTY
Definition
DUTY ON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO PROTECT
Term
HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION
Definition
THE USE OF COERCIVE MEANS BY STATES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR HUMANITARIAN PURPOSES TO ENSURE THE HUMAN SECURITY OF CIVILIAN POPULATIONS
Term
RIGHT TO INTERVENE
Definition
DEVELOPMENT OF NORM THAT STATES MAY HAVE A DUTY TO PROTECT INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY SINCE END OF COLD WAR
Term
INTERVENTION OF SOMALIA (92-94)
Definition
CHAPTER VII INVOKED TO AUTHORIZE ALL NECESARY MEANS TO ESTABLISH A SECURE ENVIRONMENT FOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF OPERATIONS
Term
CASES OF NON-INTERVENTION
Definition
FAILURE OF UNSEC AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO INTERVENE TO PREVENT MASS ATROCITIES IN 90S
Term
SREBRENICA MASSACRE (1995)
Definition
IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ESTIMATED 8.000 KILLED, 30,000 REFUGEES
Term
ISSUES W/ HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION
Definition
AD-HOC QUALITY, LACK OF CLEAR GUIDELINES
Term
HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION WITHIN THE UNITED NATIONS
Definition
PUBLIC CALL BY KOFI ANNAN TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION
Term
THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT
Definition
CREATION OF NEW NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK AND GUIDELINES FOR LEGITIMATE INTERVENTION BY UN
Term
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON INTERVENTION AND STATE SOVEREIGNTY
Definition
CANADIAN-SPONSORED
Term
RECONCEPTUALIZE
Definition
THE RIGHT TO INTERVENE AS A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT MOST VULNERABLE
Term
RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT STEPS
Definition
RECONCEPTUALIZE, REFOCUS, RECOGNIZE, THRESHOLD CRITERIA,
Term
REFOCUS
Definition
DEBATE OVER SOVEREIGNTY NOT AS INHERENT PRIVILEGE, BUT ALSO AS STATE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE HUMAN SECURITY OF CITIZENRY
Term
RESPONSIBILITY
Definition
IF STATE FAILS IN RESPONSIBILITY VIA ACTION, UNWILLINGNESS OR INACTION, TRANSFERRED TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Term
RECOGNIZE
Definition
TO PREVENT, TO REACT, TO REBUILD
Term
TO PREVENT
Definition
ADDRESS ROOT CAUSES OF CONFLICT AND CRISES
Term
TO REACT
Definition
RESPOND WITH APPROPRIATE MEASURES
Term
TO REBUILD
Definition
PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AFTER INTERVENTION TO AID RECOVERY RECONSTRUCTION AND RECONCILIATION
Term
JUST CAUSE
Definition
SERIOUS AND IRREPARABLE HARM OCCURRING TO HUMAN BEINGS RESULTING IN LARGE SCALE LOSS OF LIFE
Term
RIGHT INTENTION
Definition
PRIMARY PURPOSE IS HUMANITARIAN W/O ULTERIOR MOTIVES
Term
LAST RESORT
Definition
MILITARY INTERVENTION ONLY WHEN ALL OTHER NON-MILITARY MEANS EXHAUSTED AND FAILED
Term
PROPORTIONAL MEANS
Definition
SCALE, DURATION, INTENSITY OF INTERVENTION MINIMUM NECESSARY TO END SUFFERING
Term
REASONABLE PROSPECTS
Definition
REASONABLE CHANCE MILITARY INTERVENTION WILL SUCCEED AND SONSEQUENCES NOT LIKELY TO BE WORSE THAN INACTION
Term
RIGHT AUTHORITY?
Definition
INTERVENTIONS SHOULD ALWAYS SEEK AUTHORIZATION OF THE UN - ONLY BODY ABLE TO RENDER INTERVENTIONS BOTH LEGAL AND LEGITIMATE
Term
WHAT IF UN FAILS TO ACT EVEN IF ALL R2P CRITERIA MET?
Definition
INTERVENTIONS MAY BE JUSTIFIED BY REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OR EVEN SINGLE STATES
Term
EVOLUTION OF THE R2P NORM
Definition
R2P WARMLY RECEIVED BY SECRETARY GENERAL ANNAN AND INCLUDED HIGH LEVEL REPORT ON 2005 UN REFORM
Term
2005 UN WORLD SUMMIT
Definition
UNANIMOUS ADOPTION BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE R2P PRINCIPLE
Term
2006 UNSEC RESOLUTION
Definition
MASS ATROCITIES A CORE THREAT TO PEACE AND SECURITY AND RECOGNITION OF A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT
Term
CHALLENGES OR R2P
Definition
LACK OF CAPACITY AND POLITICAL WILL FOR INTERVENTION BY THE UNSEC AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO THE FIRST GENOCIDE OF THE 21ST CENTURY IN DARFUR
Term
R2P IN PRACTICE
Definition
CHAPTER VII AUTHORIZATION OF UN AND NATO HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION IN LIBYA UNDER UNSEC RES 1973 (MARCH 2011)
Term
FIRST IMPLEMENTATION OF R2P DOCTRINE BY THE UN
Definition
TO PROTECT HUMAN SECURITY OF CIVILIAN POPULATION
Term
ACCEPTANCE OF R2P GUIDELINES
Definition
RECOGNITION THAT SOVEREIGNTY MAY NO LONGER BE AN ABSOLUTE IN CASES OF MASS ATROCITY
Term
R2P IN PRACTICE
Definition
CHAPTER VII AUTHORIZATION OF UN AND NATO HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION IN LIBYA UNDER UNSEC RES 1973 (MARCH 2011)
Term
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
Definition
THE STUDY OF STRUCTURES, INSTITUTIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND RULES USED TO HELP BRING ORDER TO THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM AND AID COORDINATION AND COOPERATION BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL ACTORS
Term
GLOBAL GOVERNANCES
Definition
INTERNATIONAL NORMS, INTERNATIONAL LAWS AND TREATIES, INTERNATIONAL REGIMES, FORMAL INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Term
THE UN
Definition
FOUNDED POST WWII IN 1945 BY ALLIED POWERS IN SAN FRANCISCO W/ SUPPORT OF 51 OTHER STATES
Term
PREVENTING WWIII
Definition
HELPING TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL ORDER, PEACE AND STABILITY
Term
INCLUSIVE FORUM
Definition
PROVIDED BY UN FOR ALL WORLD'S SOVEREIGN STATES TO ENGAGE IN NEGOTIATION AND COOPERATION ON KEY INTERNATIONAL THREATS/ISSUES
Term
UN CHARTER
Definition
PRINCIPLES OF UN ENSHRINED IT AND IT WAS SIGNED BY ALL UN MEMBER STATES (193 AS OF 2011)
Term
UN CHARTER RIGHTS
Definition
RECOGNITION OF STATE SOVEREIGNTY EQUALITY AND INDEPENDENCE UNDER ARTICLE 2
Term
UN CHARTER OBLIGATIONS
Definition
MEMBERS MUST RESPECT SOVEREIGNTY DIPLOMACY, INTERNATIONAL LAWS, HUMAN RIGHTS, TREATIES, AND NON-AGGRESSION
Term
WHY THE UNITED NATIONS?
Definition
PRIVIDE A KEY FORUM FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND COORDINATION FOR STATE INTERESTS, STABILITY AND SECURITY, NON VIOLENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION, KEY SOURCE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Term
UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Definition
DEMOCRATIC BODY MADE UP OF ALL 193 MEMBER STATES EACH WITH EQUAL VOICE AND VOTE IN GA MEETINGS, ARENA FOR MULTILATERAL DISCUSSIONS AND DECISIONS, SETS BROAD POLICY AGENDA, UN PROGRAMS AND AGENCIES
Term
UN PROGRAMS
Definition
UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM, UNICEF (UN CHILDREN'S FUND), UNHCR (HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES) UNDP (UN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM)
Term
UN AFFILIATED AUTONOMOUS AGENCIES
Definition
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO), WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO)
Term
UN SECURITY COUNCIL
Definition
INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY, FIVE PERMANENT MEMBERS, SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS VINDING,
Term
P5
Definition
US, UK, CHINA, RUSSIA, FRANCE
Term
CHAPTER VI AND VII
Definition
UNSC HAS POWER TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES TO MAINTAIN INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY INCLUDING MEDIATION, SANCTIONS, OR COLLECTIVE MILITARY ACTION
Term
SECRETARIAT
Definition
EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF UN LED BY UN SECRETARY GENERAL
Term
HEAD OF SECRETARIAT
Definition
MAIN BUREAUCRATIC ARM OF UN RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTRATION OF UN PROGRAMS AND POLICIES
Term
UN PEACEKEEPING
Definition
NOT ENVISIONED UNDER UN CHARTER BUT DEVELOPED UNDER SECRETARIAT TO HELP RESOLVE AND MEDIATE CONFLICTS DURING COLD WAR DEADLOCK
Term
TRADITIONAL UN PEACEKEEPING
Definition
OFTEN INVOLVES DIRECTLY INTERPOSING TROOPS BETWEEN TWO WARRING GROUPS AND/OR HELPING TO FACILITATE NEGOTIATIONS AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ACTORS
Term
TRADITIONAL UN OBSERVATION
Definition
MILITARY OBSERVERS SENT ON BEHALF OF UN TO MONITOR AND REPORT BACK ON EVOLVING SECURITY SITUATIONS
Term
NEW UN PEACE OPERATIONS
Definition
POST COLD WAR 92- INCREASING MILITARY USE OF PEACEKEEPERS W/O THE CONSENT OF THE HOST GOVERNMENT
Term
KEY CONCERNS W/ UN
Definition
LIMITED INDEPENDENT POWER OF THE UN TO TAKE ACTION OUTSIDE INTERESTS OF MOST POWERFUL STATES
Term
PEACE AND SECURITY PROVISIONS
Definition
DONT SEEM TO APPLY TO GREAT POWERS
Term
UN IS DEPENDENT ON MEMBER STATES
Definition
FINANCES, MILITARY FORCES/SUPPLIES
Term
CORE STRENGTHS OF UN
Definition
HAS DONE EXCELLENT WORK IN TERMS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN GLOBAL SOUTH
Term
KEY GLOBAL FORUM
Definition
PROVIDED BY UN FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION, COOPERATION, COORDINATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Term
ANARCHIC NATURE OF INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM
Definition
NO GLOBAL GOVERNMENT/ENFORCEMENT OR LEGISLATURE TO CREATE OR PASS NEW INTERNATIONAL LAWS
Term
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
Definition
GROWING BODY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW CREATED BY STATES TO REGULATE INTERACTIONS, PROVIDE STABILITY AND FACILITATE COOPERATION AROUND KEY ISSUES
Term
CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW
Definition
PRIMARY SOURCE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW DERIVED FROM TRADITIONS OF GENERALLY ACCEPTED PRACTICE EVIDENCED BY STATE BEHAVIOR AND SENSE OF OBLIGATION
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TREATY LAW
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WRITTEN CONVENTIONS AND CONTRACTS B/W TWO OR MORE STATES, BINDING ON STATES ONCE SIGNED, VERY STRONG DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL NORMS
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PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
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ULTIMATELY DEPENDENT ON STATES THEMSELVES IN ABSENCE OF WORLD GOVERNMENT, JUDICIARY, OR POLICE FORCE
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POWER OF NORMS
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STATES MAY BELIEVE IT IS RIGHT OR APPROPRIATE TO OBEY LAWS
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INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
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INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE CREATED UNDER UN CHARTER IN 1945 TO CONTRIBUTE TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
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15 INTERNATIONAL JUDGES ELECTED ON 9 YR TERMS
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PROVIDE ADVISORY OPINIONS AND A FORUM TO ARBITRATE DISAGREEMENTS OVER PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW, FORUM SOLELY FOR STATES
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ISSUES W/ ICJ
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MAKE DECISIONS BINDING, LIMITED ABILITY TO ENFORCE RULINGS, SLOWNESS OF PROCEEDINGS, 140 RULINGS TO DATE
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INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW
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EMERGENCE OF BODY OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW FOLLOWING WWII W/ FOUNDATION IN EMERGING NORM OF UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND REFLECTED IN LEGACY OF THE NUREMBERG TRIBUNALS (1945)
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TRIAL OF NAZIS BY ALLIED POWERS DESIGNED TO
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BRIGHT THE WEIGHT OF LAW AND CRIMINAL SANCTIONS TO BEAR IN SUPPORT OF THE PEACEFUL AND HUMANITARIAN PRINCIPLES OF THE UN
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NUREMBERG LEGACY
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ESTABLISHED CORE PRINCIPLES OF MODERN BODY OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW
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NORM OF ACCOUNTABILITY
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INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAS A MORAL AND LEGAL OBLIGATION TO ENFORCE JUSTICE WHEN STATES UNABLE/UNWILLING
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INDIVIDUALS
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CAN AND SHOULD BE PROSECUTED AND PUNISHED FOR GROSS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS
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ICC (INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT)
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TO PROSECUTE INDIVIDUALS UNDER INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW FOR GROSS VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
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UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION
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GRANTED TO ICC OVER PROSECUTIONS
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PRINCIPLE OF CONSENT
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TREATY ORGANIZATION OPERATES AMONG STATE SIGNATORIES TO ROME STATUES
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ICC ONLY HAS JURISDICTION TO PROSECUTE IF
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ACCUSED A NATIONAL OF STATE PARTY, CRIME WAS COMMITTED IN TERRITORY OF STATE PARTY, NON PARTY ACCEPTS JURISDICTION
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IF REFERRED TO ICC BY UNSEC VIA CH VII
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THREAT TO PEACE AND SECURITY
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PRINCIPLE OF COMPLEMENTARITY
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RECOGNIZES IMPORTANCE OF STATE SOVEREIGNTY, ICC JURISDICTION
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ICC POWER TO INVESTIGATE
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WHEN A STATE IS UNWILLING OR UNABLE
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ROME STATUE TREATY
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121 COUNTRIES RATIFIED AND BECAME MEMBER STATES OF ICC
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ISSUES W/ ICC
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LACK OF ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS, LIMITED JURISDICTION/POWERS, POTENTIAL BIAS, INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE
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INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION
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THE PROCESS BY WHICH INTERNATIONAL ACTORS COME TOGETHER IN WAYS THAT TRANSCEND THE BOUNDARIES OF TRADITIONAL STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND BORDERS
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GLOBALIZATION
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GROWING INTERDEPENDENCE AND RISE OF ISSUES DEMANDING GREATER COORDINATION AND COOPERATION BETWEEN ACTORS
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NONSTATE/INDIVIDUAL
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SHARED BELIEFS, INTERESTS (HUMAN RIGHTS/TERRORISM)
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SUPRANATIONAL INTEGRATION
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WHEN STATES DECIDE TO JOIN TOGETHER TO EXTEND THAT TRADITIONAL SOVEREIGN POWERS OR AUTHORITIES ARE TRANSFERRED TO A LARGER POLITICAL BODY
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SUPRANATIONAL ORGANIZATION
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REDUCES AUTONOMY AND CONTROL OF STATES IN KEY AREAS OF GOVERNANCE
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EXAMPLES OF INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION
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GLOBAL TRADE AND FINANCE, SUPRANATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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GLOBAL TRADE AND FINANCE
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REGIONAL TRADING BLOCS (NAFTA, ASEAN, EU), WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO)
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SUPRANATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (EXAMPLES)
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UNITED NATIONS, AFRICAN UNION, EUROPEAN UNION
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THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION
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NEOREALIST THEORIES OF INTEGRATION, NEOLIBERAL THEORIES OF INTEGRATION
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NEOREALIST THEORIES OF INTEGRATION
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WAY FOR STATES TO JOIN POWER WITH ONE ANOTHER TO INCREASE RELATIVE POWER AND SECURITY, SUPRANATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CREATED AND DOMINATED BY MOST POWERFUL
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NEOLIBERAL THEORIES OF INTEGRATION
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STATES COME TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE MUTUAL GOALS/INTERESTS, SUPRANATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ALLOW STATES TO ACHIEVE GOALS WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO
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FUNCTIONALIST THEORY OF INTEGRATION
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INCREASING TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC TIES BETWEEN COUNTRIES LEAD TO DEVELOPMENT OF MORE SUPRANATIONAL STRUCTURES AND INSTITUTIONS TO SUPPORT THESE FUNCTIONS
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NEOFUNCTIONALIST THEORIES OF INTEGRATION
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THAT INTERDEPENDENCE AT TECHNICAL OR ECONOMIC LEVELS WILL LEAD TO SPILL-OVER INTO GREATER INTEGRATION IN OTHER ASPECTS OR AREAS
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POLITICAL SPILL-OVERS
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CREATE SHARED SUPRANATIONAL GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS TO HELP MANAGE AREAS OF INTERDEPENDENCE
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CONSTRUCTIVIST THEORIES OF INTEGRATION
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GROWING SENSE OF SHARED IDENTITY OR COMMUNITY, CHANGE IN IDENTITY AND INTERESTS FROM NATIONAL TO SUPRANATIONAL LEVELS
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SECURITY COMMUNITIES
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INTEGRATED TO EXTENT THAT NO EXPECTATIONS OF VIOLENCE AMONG MEMBERS
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TECHNOLOGY AND INTEGRATION
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HOW CHANGING TECHNOLOGIES HAVE HELPED PROMOTE REGIONAL AND GLOBAL INTEGRATION AMONG INTERNATIONAL ACTORS THAT TRANSCENDS STATE BORDERS
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GLOBAL TRANSPARENCY
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MEDIA
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ISSUES W/ INTEGRATION
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WESTERN CULTURAL IMPERIALISM, NATIONALISM, FUNDAMENTALISM, COMPETING BLOCS
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