Unit #3 Key Concepts Flashcards
Isolationism
A policy whereby a country completely opts out of participating in international social, economic, political, and military affairs.
Unilateralism
The policy of a country responding to events on it’s own without agreements with, or support from other countries.
Bilateralism
Agreements between two countries to work toward resolving issues that concern both countries.
Multilateralism
A policy that involves several countries working together to meet challenges and solve problems.
Supranationalism
A policy by which countries agree to abide by the desion of international organization made up of independent appointed officials or representatives elected by member states.
European Union
An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
WTO
World Trade Organization. Works to regulate trade between countries.
Internationalism
The doctrine that all members of the global community accept collective responsibility for the challenges that face the world and that the motives of nations and nation-states must be respected in the search for solutions.
Hegemonic Internationalism
The world is being integrated based on unequal terms with the dominance of one nation over others. Colonialism and imperialism are examples of this.
Revolutionary Internationalism
Belief that conflicts within societies are determined by the amount of technology within a society.
Liberal Internationalism
Organizations that work towards human rights and freedoms.
Humanitarianism
The promotion of human welfare.
WHO
World Health Organization. Works towards improving health all over the world.
The Arctic Council
A organization that works to deal with issues faced in the Arctic and the First Nations people in the Arctic.
Economic Sanctions
The action of cutting off trade with a country in an effort to force it to follow a particular course of action.
Collective Security
A system in which a group of nations acts as one to preserve the peace of all.
Gross National Income (GNI)
The value of the output of goods and services produced in a country in a year, including money that leaves and enters the country.
Harmonization
Voluntary adoption of common regulations, policies, and procedures by members of a regional trading bloc to promote internal trade.
Tied Aid
Giving aid to a country in need of it with conditions.
Foreign Aid
Money, food, or other resources given or lent by one country to another.
Voluntary balkanization
The separation of like-minded people into isolated groups that are hostile to people whose values differ from their own. This separation may result in a loss of shared experiences and values and can harm the structure of democratic societies.
Responsibility to Protect
Principle adopted by world leaders in 2005 holding governments responsible for protecting civilians from genocide and crimes against humanity perpetrated within a sovereign state.
Common Human Heritage
The cultural inheritance from the past that all people share and that is preserved in world heritage sites, traditional skills and knowledge, and the arts.
Trickle-down Effect
The theory that when people in developed countries have more money to spend, they will buy goods and services offered by businesses in less developed countries and that this spending will eventually help strengthen economies in the developing world.
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. It’s goal is to achieve peace through encouraging promotion through scientific, culture ways.
La Francaphonie
A organization to promote and uphold the French culture of pervious French colonies.
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country; US, England, France, Canada, Western European countries.
IGO
Intergovernmental Organization;
international organization which involves multiple countries.
INGO’s
International non-governmental organizations
Absolute Poverty
A condition characterized by serve deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education, and information.
Odious Poverty
A debt that is incurred by a despotic power, not to meet the needs of people of the country but to strengthen the despotic regime.
Treaty of Maastricht
1992; European nations agree to make an economic and political integration with a common currency, passport, and banking system; Established structure and cooperation in immigration and law enforcement.
Treaty of Amsterdam
Minor 1998 agreement that added some limited powers to the EU.
