Global Conflict/Military Terms Vocab
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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, animals, people |
| blockade | ships prevent goods from reaching enemy ports |
| blue helmets | nickname for UN peacekeepers |
| border monitoring | international observers who report on goods and issues between national borders |
| buffer zone | a neutral space created by the withdrawal of both hostile parties |
| the Caucasus | a volatile region of central Asia; formerly part of the USSR and is a significant crossroads for world energy from the Caspian Sea region (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Chechnya) |
| chemical warfare | use of toxic chemical compounds, including defoliants and herbicides |
| civil war | war between a government and a faction of the same state, neither clearly recognized as the legitimate government |
| Cold War | well, duh?? (nuclear arms race between USA and USSR) |
| collective security | agreement by a group of nations to defend the other in the case of an attack on any member |
| concentration camp | internment camp for political prisoners and members of minority groups for "reasons of state security" |
| Dayton Peace Accords | 1995 peace agreement ending the war over former Yugoslavia, btwn Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia |
| demilitarized zone (DMZ) | area 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 or ethnic group |
| genocide | systematic killing of a whole nation of people |
| guerrilla | small forces or irregular volunteer troops; usually harass enemy supplies and communications |
| host nations 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 systems |
| inter/intra-state conflict | conflict within or between nations |
| joint task force (JTF) | US military concept of combining Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine units for a specific mission |
| Karachi Agreement | cease fire signed in 1914 between India and Pakistan over the states of Kashmir and Jammu |
| Line of Control in Kashmir | 700 km. frontier separating Indian and Pakistani forces in Kashmir |
| Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement | tentative peace agreement signed in 1999 (widely ignored) stopping the war btwn Congo, Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe VS 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) | signed in 1970, it was intended to limit the nuclear states to the five 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 guerrilla bands or other unofficial lightly armed troops |
| peacekeeper/peacekeeping organization | UN sponsored and security council backed operation to create or keep the peace between warring factions |
| rapid deployment force (RDF) | a short notice contingency force, formed unilaterally or with partners, to be deployed in situations in which its military organization, training, equipment or communications enable it to cope with a variety of situations; humanitarian, disaster relief, separate warring factions to actual combat |
| rapid reaction force (RRF) | name given to NATO led and UN backed forces capable of doing RDF |
| "Road Map" to Middle East Peace | current plan 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 of 5 permanent and 10 rotating members with 2 year terms elected by the General Assembly |
| stand-by-forces | capabilities made available to the UN by member states, military, police, specialized personnel or equipment |
| START I & II | Strategic Arms Reduction Talks, 1993-94 between USA and Russia to reduce the active deployment of ICMBs |
| Sunshine Policy | current policy of active engagement and reconciliation by the government of South Korean towards North Korea |
| TMD (Theater Missile Defense) | USA backed defensive system designed to protect an area smaller than the entire USA from attack by a long range ballistic or nuclear missile |
| war crime | a crime committed during or in connection with war; genocide, ethnic cleansing or prisoner mistreatment |
| Westphalian Doctrine | political theory name for the treaty that ended the Thirty Years War (1614-1648) that provided the framework for European relations for over 2 centuries; idea that sovereign states do not get involved with other sovereign states' international affairs |
| white helmets | UN sponsored international volunteer rapid response teams to provide humanitarian relief to emergencies |
| Zionism | international movement for the support of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and later support for Israel |
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