Mid East Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Economic Interests | one of the main purposes for which individuals and groups engage in political action, one reason the US supported Iran |
| Nuclear Proliferation | the spread of nuclear weapons to new nations |
| nationalists | A political group interested in promoting only its own interests |
| Multinational Empire | an empire made up of many different countries such as the Ottoman Empire which stretched vastly over different continents |
| Imperialism | A policy of extending your rule over foreign countries |
| International System | maintaining a beneficial and peaceful pattern of interaction among major global players |
| Self-Determination | the ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will |
| Self-Government | The power of a nation to rule over itself |
| persecution | the abuse of a person or group because of their beliefs or appearance |
| Zionist movement | A nationalist movement to establish a homeland for Jews in Palestine |
| partition | separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart |
| cease-fire | a line of halt in fighting/war |
| international relations | mutilateral interaction between nations |
| expansionist power | having the power to practice the policy of territorial or economic expansion |
| Arab nationalism | the belief that all Arabs should ban together and form one large arab country. nasser was a proponent of this |
| superpower | a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world |
| diplomatic solutions | one which gives priority to negotiation over threat and/or use of force |
| Cold War policies | the policies the US had that made any enemy of the USSR our ally |
| oil embargo | When Arabic nations refused to sell oil to the US because they were funding Israeli armies |
| shuttle diplomacy | international negotiations conducted by a mediator who frequently flies back and forth between the negotiating parties |
| political Islamist extremists | political movements based on extreme interpritations of Islam |
| opposition movement | a group that goes against the people in power or popular consensus |
| counter-revolution | being against the popular revolution, often referring to communist |
| international arms embargo | a measure preventing foreign countried from sending arms or military aid to a specified country |
| international peacekeeping | forces or actions creating calm and stability globally |
| free-market economic principles | self-interest; complete information; many buyers and sellers; absence of externalities |
| trade barriers | taxes, quotas, and other restrictions on goods entering or leaving a country |
| Islamic Radicalism | Muslims who have a fanatical or very strict interpretation of the Qu'ran |
| Secular Government | government seperated from religion, like the US |
| Economic sanctions | Boycotts, embargoes, and other economic measures that one country uses to pressure another country into changing its policies |
| Weapons of mass destruction | Nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that can kill tens of thousands of people all at once. The supposed reason the US went into Iraq under Bush. |
| Militias | Groups of citizen soldiers |
| Sectarian divisions | a separation relating to or involving relaions between religious groups or denominations |
| diplomatic engagement | tactfully dealing with political manners; engaging in the global arena peacefully |
| liberal reformers | people who encourage free market principles and democracy |
| Strategic ally | An ally that is highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war |
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