Flashcards on International Relations Theories and Global Politics
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Security and Conflict
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Card 1
Question: How was the Korean War commonly described to avoid calling it 'war'?
Answer: It was referred to as a “Police Action.”
Card 2
Question: What language framed the US intervention in the Somali Civil War?
Answer: It was framed as a “Humanitarian Intervention.”
Card 3
Question: How were the Yugoslav Wars commonly described in official language?
Answer: They were described as “Peacekeeping Operations.”
Card 4
Question: Under what legal authority were the War in Afghanistan, the Iraq War, and some interventions in the Syrian Civil War conducted?
Answer: They were conducted under “Authorization for Use of Military Force.”
Card 5
Question: What are examples of covert interventions cited from the United States in the 1950s?
Answer: The 1953 Iranian coup d'état and the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
Card 6
Question: How did the Soviet Union describe its interventions in Hungary (1956) and Czechoslovakia (1968)?
Answer: They were described as “Brotherly Assistance.”
Card 7
Question: What euphemism did the Soviet Union use for its involvement in the Soviet–Afghan War?
Answer: It was called a “Limited Contingent of Soviet Forces.”
Card 8
Question: How was the First Chechen War officially framed by Russia?
Answer: It was framed as “Restoration of Constitutional Order.”
Card 9
Question: What term did Russia use to describe the Second Chechen War?
Answer: It was defined as a “Counter-Terrorism Operation.”
Card 10
Question: How was the Russo-Georgian War presented in official Russian language?
Answer: It was presented as “Peace Enforcement.”