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Brinksmanship

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The principle of not backing down in a crisis, even if it meant taking the country to the brink of war. Policy of both the U.S. and U.S.S.R. during the Cold War.

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Operation Iraqi Freedom

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name of the military operation in Iraq. Saddam Hussein was overthrown, yet the weapons of mass destruction were never found. Operation where U.S. troops invaded Iraq and Saddam's forces collapsed almost immediately. Baghdad fell, and Saddam and other Iraqi leaders went into hiding. In the months that followed Saddam and many of his supporters were captured

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al-Qaeda

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A network of Islamic terrorist organizations, led by Osama bin Laden, that carried out the attacks on the US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998, the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000, and the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001

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European Union

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An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.

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Mujahideen

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Islamic guerrilla fighters

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Velvet Revolution

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A peaceful protest by the Czech people that led to the smooth end of communism in Czechoslovakia.

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GATT

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A United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas

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Taliban

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A group of fundamentalist Muslims who took control of Afghanistan's government in 1996

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BRICs

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Brazil, Russia, India, China, slower and steadier growth with sizable domestic economy, predicted to dominate world economy by 2050, directed toward middle class

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Lech Walesa

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A Polish politician, a former trade union and human rights activist, and also a former electrician. He co-founded Solidarity, the Soviet bloc's first independent trade union, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995.

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WTO

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The initials of the international body established in 1995 to foster and bring order to international trade.

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free trade

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international trade free of government interference

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Four Little Tigers

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name given to Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan due to their rapid growth rates after imitating Japanese model for economic development; transformed disadvantages of shortage of capital, lack of natural resources, and overpopulation into advantages through program of export-driven industrialization; became major economic powers/competitors to Japan

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ASEAN

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an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism

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Osama Bin Laden

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(1957-) Founder of al Qaeda, the terrorist network responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001, and other attacks.

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McDonaldization

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Rapid spread of American culture

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Saddam Hussein

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Was a dictator in Iraq who tried to take over Iran and Kuwait violently in order to gain the land and the resources. He also refused to let the UN into Iraq in order to check if the country was secretly holding weapons of mass destruction.

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OPEC

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An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum.

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