Chapter 7 - International Relations

International Peace

Situation between countries in which there is an absence of war and the presence of a belief that war is unlikely.

Diplomatic immunity

The legal privileges and immunities granted by a host country to foreign ambassadors and embassy staff.

Economic warfare

Actions by a state intended to damage another state economically.

Power balancing

Efforts by states to protect themselves through by enhancing their power.

Internal balancing

The process by which states muster their own power resources.

External balancing

The process by which states enter into security alliances with other states to counter other states.

Bandwagoning

When smaller, weaker states ally with a larger, powerful state for protection.

Collective security

Security provided to one another by the members of an international security institution.

Peacemaking

UN action before war breaks out designed to prevent two states or domestic parties from going to war.

Peacekeeping

UN operations after an international or internal war ends aimed at keeping the warring parties apart and enforcing peace settlements.

Zone of peace

The democratic countries and the geographic space they possess within which states do not fight one another.