Global Conflict/ Military Terms
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Air logistic support | air landings or drops for the purpose of supply, movement of personnel, evacuation or recovery |
| air strike | bombing against any strategic or tactical target not in direct support of troops |
| anti-personnel mines | kill or injure soldiers; very dangerous to civilians |
| armistice | ending of hostilities |
| asymmetrical threat | non-"traditional" or not state sponsored ex. terrorism |
| atrocities | acts of unusual cruelty |
| biological warfare | use of disease producing agents on plants, animal, or people |
| blockade | ships prevent goods from reaching enemy points |
| blue helmets | nickname for UN peacekeepers |
| border monitoring | international observers who reports on goods and issues between national borders |
| buffer zone | a neutral space created by the withdrawl of both hostile parties. |
| the caucasus | a volitaile region of central asia; formerly part of the USSR and is a significant crosscroads for world energy from the caspian sea region (georgia, Amenia, Azerbaijan, Checnya) |
| Chemical Warfare | use of toxic chemical compounds, including defoliants and herbicides |
| Civil war | war between government and a fraction of the same state, nether clearly recognized as the legitimate government |
| Coldwar | well, duh? - mr. larkins |
| collective security | afreement by a group of nations to defend the other in case of an attack on any member |
| concentration camp | internment center for political preisoners and members of minority groups for "reasons of state security" |
| dayton peace accords | 1995 peace agreement ending the war of the former yugoslavia, b/t croatia, bosnia herzegovnia and serbia |
| demiliterized zone (DMZ) | are between the forward lines of two hostile parties |
| ethnic cleansing | expulsion, imprisonment or killing of ethnic minorities by the majority |
| ethnocentrism | belief in the superiority of one's own culture of ethnic group |
| genocide | systematc killing of a whole nation of people |
| guerilla | small forces of irregular volunteer troops; usually harass enemy supplies and communication |
| host nation support (HNS) | support by a host nation for UN peacekeeping operations |
| implementation force | yugoslavia: UN supported NATO forces to keep the peace in Bosnia |
| interoperability | ability of military systems, units and forces to communicate with other civilian and military sytems |
| inter/intra-state conflict | conflict within or between nations |
| joint task force (JTC) | US miltary concept of combining Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marine units for specific mission |
| Karachi Agreement | cease fire signed in 1949 between India and pakistani forces in Kashmir |
| Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement | tentative peace agreement sighned in 1999 (widely ignored) stopping the war between the congo, angola, namibia, zimbabwe versus Rwanda, and Uganda |
| NATO | north atlantic treaty organization; formed in 1949 by 12 democratic nations to defend each other if attacked |
| Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT) | singned in 1970, it was intended to limit the nuclear states to the 5 SC permanent members |
| observer mission | unarmed military officers to monitor cease fire agreements |
| PLO | palestinian liberation organization formed in 1964 with the purpose of creating a homeland for palestinians in Israel |
| Paramilitary | being similar to the military; but unofficial |
| partisan | members or guerilla bands or other unofficial lightly armed troops |
| peacekeeper/ peacekeeping operation | UN sponsored and security council backed operation to create of keep the peacec between warring factions |
| rapid deployment force (RDF) | name given to NATO led and UN backed forces capable of doing #39 (above) |
| Road Map to Middle East peace | current plant to hand over "land for peace" between israel and the palestinians |
| security council | main organ within the UN responsible for maintaining peace and security, composed if 5 permanent and 10 rotating members with two year terms elected by the general assembly |
| stand-by-forces | capabilities made available to the UN member states, military police, specialzed personnel or equipment |
| START I&II | strategic arms reduction talks (1993-94) between USA and Russia to reduce the active deployment of ICBM's |
| sunshine policy | current policy of active engagement and reconciliation by the government of South Korea towards North Korea |
| TMD (theater missle defence) | USA backed defensive system designed to protect an area smaller than the entire USA from an attack by a long range ballistic of nuclear missile |
| War Crime | a crime committed during of in connection with war, genocide, ethnic cleansing, or prisoner mistreatment. |
| westphalian doctrine | political theory named for the treaty that ended the Thirty years war (1618-48) that provided the frame work for European relations for over two centuries; idea that sovereign states do not get involved with other sovereign states' internal affairs |
| white helmets | UN sponsered international volunteer rapid response teams to provide humanitarian relief to emergencies |
| Zionism | internaitonal movement for the support of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and alter for support of Israel |
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