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World affairs syllabus: An understanding that the world is composed of interrelated economic, political, religious, cultural, and ecological systems. They will explore how people’s beliefs, actions, and worldviews are shaped by those perspectives and recognize how diversity of cultures and opinions are needed to foster a democratic society for the world.

Foreign Service Officer Test (FSOT) Review: World Affairs

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1. liberal democracy

the degree to which a government or state is able to implement its policiesA political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights.'1950 - A classified document written by Paul Nitze and issued by the Truman National Security Council on April 14, 1950. Inspired by Kennan's Long Telegram, the report outlined a strategy of communist containment. NSC-68 would shape government actions in the Cold War for the next 20 years and has subsequently been labeled the ''blueprint'' for the Cold War.'A movement in IR theory that examines how changing international norms help shape the content of state interests and the character of international institutions.

2. capacity

3. NSC 68

A movement in IR theory that examines how changing international norms help shape the content of state interests and the character of international institutions.'1950 - A classified document written by Paul Nitze and issued by the Truman National Security Council on April 14, 1950. Inspired by Kennan's Long Telegram, the report outlined a strategy of communist containment. NSC-68 would shape government actions in the Cold War for the next 20 years and has subsequently been labeled the ''blueprint'' for the Cold War.'A political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights.the degree to which a government or state is able to implement its policies

4. constructivism

5. What is the South Asia Free Trade Agreement?

'1950 - A classified document written by Paul Nitze and issued by the Truman National Security Council on April 14, 1950. Inspired by Kennan's Long Telegram, the report outlined a strategy of communist containment. NSC-68 would shape government actions in the Cold War for the next 20 years and has subsequently been labeled the ''blueprint'' for the Cold War.'The South Asia Free Trade Agreement is an agreement reached at the 12th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit at Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on 6 January 2004. It creates a framework for the creation of a free trade zone covering 1.4 billion people in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan and the Maldives.The seven foreign ministers of the region signed a framework agreement on SAFTA with zero customs duty on the trade of practically all products in the region by end 2012.the degree to which a government or state is able to implement its policiesA political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights.

6. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

A political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights.the degree to which a government or state is able to implement its policies'1950 - A classified document written by Paul Nitze and issued by the Truman National Security Council on April 14, 1950. Inspired by Kennan's Long Telegram, the report outlined a strategy of communist containment. NSC-68 would shape government actions in the Cold War for the next 20 years and has subsequently been labeled the ''blueprint'' for the Cold War.'Entered into force in 1970, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) now has 186 signatories. Pakistan, India and Israel are notable nonsignatories, and the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea (North Korea) withdrew from the accord in 2006. The Treaty calls for nuclear states to submit documentation on their nuclear facilities to the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA), as well as permit periodic IAEA inspections, and forbids them to sell, transmit or share nuclear technology or devices with nonnuclear states. Nonnuclear states are proscribed from attempting to develop their own weapons technologies. Nuclear technology for peaceful purposes is allowed for all signatories, provided safeguards are put in place to prevent the weaponization of materials, technology and facilities.

7. conflict and cooperation

The types of actions that states take towards each other through time.the degree to which a government or state is able to implement its policies'1950 - A classified document written by Paul Nitze and issued by the Truman National Security Council on April 14, 1950. Inspired by Kennan's Long Telegram, the report outlined a strategy of communist containment. NSC-68 would shape government actions in the Cold War for the next 20 years and has subsequently been labeled the ''blueprint'' for the Cold War.'A political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights.

8. co-optation

The process by which individuals are brought into a beneficial relationship with the state, making them dependent on the states for certain rewards.A political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights.the degree to which a government or state is able to implement its policies'1950 - A classified document written by Paul Nitze and issued by the Truman National Security Council on April 14, 1950. Inspired by Kennan's Long Telegram, the report outlined a strategy of communist containment. NSC-68 would shape government actions in the Cold War for the next 20 years and has subsequently been labeled the ''blueprint'' for the Cold War.'

9. Golan Heights, Gaza Strip, and West Bank

Many dispute Israel's right to ownership'1950 - A classified document written by Paul Nitze and issued by the Truman National Security Council on April 14, 1950. Inspired by Kennan's Long Telegram, the report outlined a strategy of communist containment. NSC-68 would shape government actions in the Cold War for the next 20 years and has subsequently been labeled the ''blueprint'' for the Cold War.'the degree to which a government or state is able to implement its policiesA political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights.

10. What is the Status Quo Approach to Foreign Policy?

11. NICs

'1950 - A classified document written by Paul Nitze and issued by the Truman National Security Council on April 14, 1950. Inspired by Kennan's Long Telegram, the report outlined a strategy of communist containment. NSC-68 would shape government actions in the Cold War for the next 20 years and has subsequently been labeled the ''blueprint'' for the Cold War.'A political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights.Newly industrialized countries - Less developed countries whose economies and whose trade now include significant amounts of manufactured products. As a result, these countries have a per capita GDP significantly higher than the average per capita GDP for less developed countries.the degree to which a government or state is able to implement its policies

12. What is the Western European Union?

A political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights.'1950 - A classified document written by Paul Nitze and issued by the Truman National Security Council on April 14, 1950. Inspired by Kennan's Long Telegram, the report outlined a strategy of communist containment. NSC-68 would shape government actions in the Cold War for the next 20 years and has subsequently been labeled the ''blueprint'' for the Cold War.'the degree to which a government or state is able to implement its policiesThe Western European Union (WEU) is a partially dormant European defence and security organization, established on the basis of the Treaty of Brussels of 1948 with the accession of West Germany and Italy in 1954. Its two stated aims were: to afford assistance to each other inr sisting any policy of aggression, to promote unity and integration of Europe. Currently being merged into EU.

13. extractive policies

14. Qemony & Matsu

A political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights.'1950 - A classified document written by Paul Nitze and issued by the Truman National Security Council on April 14, 1950. Inspired by Kennan's Long Telegram, the report outlined a strategy of communist containment. NSC-68 would shape government actions in the Cold War for the next 20 years and has subsequently been labeled the ''blueprint'' for the Cold War.'the degree to which a government or state is able to implement its policiesTwo islands remained a Chinese Nationalist outpost after the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949. The People's Republic of China began bombarding the island again in 1958, but the deployment of the U.S. 7th Fleet prevented an escalation of the hostilities. After 1990 Taiwan reduced the military forces stationed on Matsu, civilian rule was restored in 1993, and restrictions on travel to the island were ended in 1994. Limited direct travel to and trade with the mainland has been permitted since Jan., 2001.

15. budgetary deficit

the degree to which a government or state is able to implement its policiesA political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights.'1950 - A classified document written by Paul Nitze and issued by the Truman National Security Council on April 14, 1950. Inspired by Kennan's Long Telegram, the report outlined a strategy of communist containment. NSC-68 would shape government actions in the Cold War for the next 20 years and has subsequently been labeled the ''blueprint'' for the Cold War.'the result of government spending in any one fiscal year exceeding the government revenue in that year (national debt is the total of yearly deficits)

16. Cominform

A political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights.1947 - Agency of international communism founded under Soviet auspices in 1947. Its original members were the Communist Parties of the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, France, and Italy, but Yugoslavia was expelled in 1948. The Cominform's activities consisted mainly of publishing propaganda to encourage international communist solidarity. It was dissolved by Soviet initiative in 1956 as part of a Soviet program of reconciliation with Yugoslavia.'1950 - A classified document written by Paul Nitze and issued by the Truman National Security Council on April 14, 1950. Inspired by Kennan's Long Telegram, the report outlined a strategy of communist containment. NSC-68 would shape government actions in the Cold War for the next 20 years and has subsequently been labeled the ''blueprint'' for the Cold War.'the degree to which a government or state is able to implement its policies

17. Caspian Sea Access

There are crucial gas pipelines from Uzbekistan in this area. The Caspian is the most successful example of the UN Law of the SeaA political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights.the degree to which a government or state is able to implement its policies'1950 - A classified document written by Paul Nitze and issued by the Truman National Security Council on April 14, 1950. Inspired by Kennan's Long Telegram, the report outlined a strategy of communist containment. NSC-68 would shape government actions in the Cold War for the next 20 years and has subsequently been labeled the ''blueprint'' for the Cold War.'

18. Dumbarton Oaks Conference

A political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights.the degree to which a government or state is able to implement its policies'1950 - A classified document written by Paul Nitze and issued by the Truman National Security Council on April 14, 1950. Inspired by Kennan's Long Telegram, the report outlined a strategy of communist containment. NSC-68 would shape government actions in the Cold War for the next 20 years and has subsequently been labeled the ''blueprint'' for the Cold War.''October 1944 - at an estate in the Georgetown area of Washington, D.C. Four powers participated: the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and China. Because of Soviet neutrality in the Asian conflict, China only attended beginning 29 September, the day the Russians departed. The conference had the task of preparing a charter for a ''general international organization,'' as stipulated in the Moscow Declaration of 30 October 1943. The conference chose the name of the wartime alliance, the United Nations (UN), for the new body. In imitation of the League of Nations, the new UN would possess a Security Council, a General Assembly, a Secretariat, and an International Court of Justice. To avoid, however, the pitfalls of the League of Nations, the conferees concluded that unanimous votes should not be mandatory to reach decisions in the Security Councilor the General Assembly; all signatories must agree in advance to act on the Security Council's findings; contingents of the armed forces of member states must be at Security Council disposal; and that the creation of an Economic and Social Council was necessary.'

19. The Long Telegram

the degree to which a government or state is able to implement its policies'1950 - A classified document written by Paul Nitze and issued by the Truman National Security Council on April 14, 1950. Inspired by Kennan's Long Telegram, the report outlined a strategy of communist containment. NSC-68 would shape government actions in the Cold War for the next 20 years and has subsequently been labeled the ''blueprint'' for the Cold War.'A political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights.1946 - a cable sent by George Kennan while serving at the U.S. embassy to the Soviet Union in Moscow, in which he outlined the policy of containment that the US would adopt for most of the Cold War. Later, Kennan would anonymously publish a version of the telegram as the X Article in the journal Foreign Affairs.

20. Austrian State Treaty

'1950 - A classified document written by Paul Nitze and issued by the Truman National Security Council on April 14, 1950. Inspired by Kennan's Long Telegram, the report outlined a strategy of communist containment. NSC-68 would shape government actions in the Cold War for the next 20 years and has subsequently been labeled the ''blueprint'' for the Cold War.'the degree to which a government or state is able to implement its policies1955 - 1955 in Vienna at the Schloss Belvedere among the Allied occupying powers: France, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union, and the Austrian government and officially came into force on July 27, 1955.A political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights.

21. Stalingrad

A political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights.the degree to which a government or state is able to implement its policies'1950 - A classified document written by Paul Nitze and issued by the Truman National Security Council on April 14, 1950. Inspired by Kennan's Long Telegram, the report outlined a strategy of communist containment. NSC-68 would shape government actions in the Cold War for the next 20 years and has subsequently been labeled the ''blueprint'' for the Cold War.'1942-43: Unsuccessful German assault on the Soviet city in World War II. German forces invaded the Soviet Union in 1941 and had advanced to the suburbs of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) by the summer of 1942. Met by a determined Red Army defense commanded by Vasily Chuikov, they reached the city's centre after fierce street fighting. In November the Soviets counterattacked and encircled the German army led by Friedrich Paulus, who surrendered in February 1943 with 91,000 troops. The Axis forces (Germans, Romanians, Italians, and Hungarians) suffered 800,000 deaths; in excess of 1,000,000 Soviet soldiers died. The battle marked the farthest extent of the German advance into the Soviet Union.

22. Midway

23. What is the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council?

The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) is a NATO organization, a multilateral forum created to improve relations between NATO and non-NATO countries in Europe and those parts of Asia on the European pheriphary. The member states meet to cooperate and consult on a range of political and security issues. It was formed on May 29, 1997 as the successor to the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC).the degree to which a government or state is able to implement its policiesA political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights.'1950 - A classified document written by Paul Nitze and issued by the Truman National Security Council on April 14, 1950. Inspired by Kennan's Long Telegram, the report outlined a strategy of communist containment. NSC-68 would shape government actions in the Cold War for the next 20 years and has subsequently been labeled the ''blueprint'' for the Cold War.'

24. Treaty of Portsmouth

1905 - Treaty negotiated by Roosevelt in Portsmouth, New Hampshire between Russia and Japan, ending the Russo-Japanese War. Key was that it preserved the â€œOpen Doorâ€ to China, a U.S. policy to allow free trade with that country.the degree to which a government or state is able to implement its policies'1950 - A classified document written by Paul Nitze and issued by the Truman National Security Council on April 14, 1950. Inspired by Kennan's Long Telegram, the report outlined a strategy of communist containment. NSC-68 would shape government actions in the Cold War for the next 20 years and has subsequently been labeled the ''blueprint'' for the Cold War.'A political system that promotes participation, competition, and liberty and emphasizes individual freedom and civil rights.

25. multipolar system

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