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 Useful Terms
 
Below are 178 terms we will use as we prepare for THIMUN. Your responsiblity over the summer is to identify those terms that are new to you or that you understand only vaguely. Highlight the terms you understand well. Identify each term you know with one or more of the categories below, by placing the letter of the category in parentheses after the term. As we work through the THIMUN preparation activities we should cover most of these terms in the context of case studies. By the time we leave for Den Haag, you should be able to use all of these terms correctly and in context.
                            
                             A.  Economic Expressions
                             B.  General Terms
                             C.  Conflict/Military Terms
                             D.  Multinational Groups &  Issues
                             E.  Global Problems.
 
Bring your marked up copy of these terms to each meeting. It is possible that more terms may be added as we go.
 
accord
act of state
aggregate supply/demand
AIDS
air logistic support
air strike
alliance
alliance system
ambassador
amnesty
anarchy
annexation
anti-personnel mines
APEC
appeasement
arbitrage
aristocracy
armistice
ASEAN
atrocities
AU (African Union)
authoritarianism
balance of power
bilateral
biological warfare
biotechnology
bipolar world
blockade
border monitoring
bourgeoisie
buffer zone
Bush Doctrine
CARICOM
Caucasus
chemical warfare
CHR
CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States)
civil disobedience
civil society
civil war
Clinton Doctrine
coalition government
Cold War
collective security
concentration camp
conciliation
confederation
conservatism
coup d’etat
cultural imperialism
Dayton Peace Accords
de facto
de jure
deficit financing
demilitarized zone( DMZ)
democracy
demographic explosion
deportation
deterrence
devaluation
developed/developing nations
devolution
digital divide
diplomatic immunity
diversification
economic warfare
ECOSOC
ECSC
embargo
envoy
ethnic cleansing
ethnocentrism
EU
extremist
faction
favorable/unfavorable trade balance
federalism
free trade
free trade area
G-8
GA
GDP
genocide
gerontocracy
global warming
globalization
GNP
grassroots
guerrilla
hegemon
host nation support (HNS)
IAEA
ICC
ICJ
IMF
Implementation Force: Yugoslavia (IFOR)
infrastructure
interoperability
INTERPOL
joint task force (JTF)
junta
Karachi Agreement
Kyoto Protocol
laissez-faire
Line of Control in Kashmir
Lusaka Cease-fire Agreement
Malthus’s Theory
megacity (megalopolis)
MERCOSUR
MNCs
monocultural exportation
most favored nation (MFN)
multilateral
multipolar world
NAFTA
nation
national interest
national sovereignty
nationalism
nationalize
nation-state
NATO
negative birth rate
NGOs
no-confidence vote
Non-Aligned Movement
Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty
nuclear weapons club
observer mission
one-party-dominant system
OPEC
paramilitary
partisan
peacekeeper
peacekeeping
peacekeeping operation
per capita income
plenipotentiary
PLO
pluralism
populist
prime minister
private sector
privatization
proliferation
protectionism
rapid deployment force (RDF)
rapid reaction force (RRF)
reparations
repatriate
resource depletion
sanctions
Security Council
sovereignty
standard of living
stand-by forces
START I & II
Sunshine Policy
tariff
terrorism
The “Road Map” to Middle East Peace
Third World
TMD (Theater Missile Defeanse)
transnational pressures
Truman Doctrine
UN Charter
UNAIDS
UNICEF
unipolar world
war crime
Westphalian Doctrine
white helmets
WHO
WMD
World Bank
WTO
Zionism