Chapters 3, 4, and 5: History of the 1900s in terms of IR

Total war

A war that mobilizes whole societies and economies for war efforts, WWI was the first modern total war

Appeasement

Making concessions to a hostile power to avoid conflict, these concessions can be political, territorial, or material, Europe's first policy for dealing with Hitler diplomatically

Self-determination

A main point of Wilson's 14 points, each ‘people’ should enjoy self government over its own sovereign nation, this was only meant for Eastern and Central Europe as he felt other countries were unfit

Détente

Relaxation of tension, most notable example was between the Soviets and Americans between the 60s and the 80s

Unipolar

One nation holds all the power and can shape politics almost completely, the state of the world after the Cold War with the US as the superpower

The Third World

A political movement for countries to gain “real” independence from the West, this project ended when the Cold War ended

Factors crucial in getting Obama elected

The war in Iraq and the 2008 financial crisis

BRICS

Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, the emerging global economic powers at the beginning of the 21st century

Solidarism

A view that the international society of states is capable of acting in solidarity to uphold shared values