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1
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Adam Smith

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Inventor of capitalism. 3 laws of economics

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Cabinet

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Prime minister and all ministers

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Confederal System

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Like European Union. States give away a little power

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Direct Democracy

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Like in Greece. All people have to vote and all have to agree.

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5
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EU

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European Nation

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Executive

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Monarch, Prime Minister, and Cabinet. Implement laws.

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Failed State

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No control over borders, no security, and no development functions.

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Negative vs positive Freedom

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Positive is freedom to

Negative is freedom from

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Geneva convention

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Protection against war crimes.

Humanitarian treatment in war.

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Great Depression

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Crash économique entre 1930 et seconde guerre mondiale.

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Guerrilla Warfare

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irregular warfare used by smaller groups of people to fight bigger traditional military movements.
Illegal war not done by state.

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HDI

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Human Development index.

Life expectancy at birth, expected/mean years of schooling, GNI per capita.

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13
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Head of government vs head of state.

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Head of state is queen

head of government is prime minister

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IGO

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Inter governmental organization.

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15
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IMF

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International Monetary Fund

Short term emergency loans

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Imperialism

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extending rule of one country on other countries.

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17
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John Locke

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Tabula Raza. Social contract and we all benefit from the whole “my freedom ens where yours begin”

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John M. Keynes

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Create a safety net so people don’t fall through in Capitalism. Welfare state

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John Stuart Mill

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Classical liberalism. Individual freedom and Utilitarianism

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20
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MNC

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Multi national corporations

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21
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Absolute vs constitutional monarchy

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Constitutional do not actually rule.

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Nafta/USMCA

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North American Free trade agreement

United-States Canada Mexico agreement

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23
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Civic vs ethnic nationalism

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civic is from state

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24
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Neo-liberalism

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Laisser-faire economics and liberalism together.

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NGO

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Non-governmental organizations

Clubs, associations, and organizations operate away from government.

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Domestic vs foreign policy

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Domestic inside country

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Politics

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Who gets what, when, and how.

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28
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Hard, soft, coercive power

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Hard: military or economic means
Soft: Positive persuasion, communication,
Coercive: threats and stuff

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29
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Quota

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Entitled to receive or distribute

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30
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Legal rights

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Right to a fair trial, etc.

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political rights

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participate in the political process. Right to vote, right to elect representatives, etc.

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Fundamental rights vs human rights

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fundamental is in a country and in constitution. Human is wherever you live.

33
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Secession

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withdrawal of a state in a federation. In 1860s US, lead to the civil war when 11 states withdrew from union.

34
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Security council

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Permanent council of the United Nations that is charge of keeping peace and security.

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Self-determination

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Autonomy over decisions. Population want more self-determination to make decisions that affect them.

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subsidy

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Money given to a industry or business by government so the prices remain low.

37
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Market

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Things with supply and demad

38
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Treaty of Westphalia

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Also called peace of Westphalia

Ended 30 year war in Europe and balanced powers.

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Unitary system

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Most or all powers are in the centralized states.

40
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Welfare state

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Basic economic security for citizens

41
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WTO

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World trade organizations

42
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Volodymyr O Zelenskyy

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President of Ukraine

43
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Incubent prime minister of Israel

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Naftali Bennett

44
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Incumbent chancellor of Germany

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Olaf Scholz

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South Korea

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president Moon Jae-in

46
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president Mexico

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Andrés Manuel Lòpez Obrador

47
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Pope

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Francis/Francois

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Prime Minister of United kingdom

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boris Johnson

49
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President Myanmar

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Prime Minister Australia

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Scott Morrison

51
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President Iraq

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Barham Salih

52
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President of China

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Xi Jinping

53
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President of Taiwan

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Tsai Ing-Wen

54
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Supreme leader of Iran and since theocracy, other dude Israeli President

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Ali Hossein

Ebrahim Raisi

55
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President of Syria

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Bashar al-Assad

56
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President of Islamic Republic of Aphganistan

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Ashraf Ghani and Quetta Shura leader Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada

57
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North Korea

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King Jong Un

58
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India

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind

59
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President of Pakistan

60
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President of Turkey

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Tayyip Erdogan

61
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France

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Emmanuel Macron

Jean Castex

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Brazil

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Jair Bolsonaro

63
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Managing director of IMF

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Kristalina Georgieva

64
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Venezuela

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Juan Gerardo Guaido

President Nicolas Maduro

65
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UN secretary general

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Antonio Gueterres

66
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Cuba

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President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez

67
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2nd Caliph Islamic State

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Abu ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi

68
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Fridays for future

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Greta Thunberg

69
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Saudi Arabia

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Mohammed Bin Salman

70
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European Central Bank

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Christine Lagarde

71
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NATO

General + acronym

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Jens Stoltenberg

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

72
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Alphabet Inc. and Google

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Sundar Pichai

73
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Meta

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Mark Zckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg

74
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Difference between ethnic cleansing and genocide:

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Genocide killing

Ethnic cleansing means making sure that population doesn’t survive (rape, assimilation).

75
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Extreme Poverty

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GDP per capita per day is under 2$

76
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Nationalism civic vs ethnic

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Civic is political values.

77
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Tyranny of the Majority

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Alexis de Tocqueville’s critique of democracy. Minorities are governed by majorities.

Winter 2022 - Introduction to international affairs (3 decks)

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