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| air logistic support | air landings or drops for the purpose of supply , movement of personnel, evacuation or recovery |
| air strike | bombing against any strategic or tactical target not in direct support of troops |
| anti-personnel mines | kill or injure soldiers; very dangerous to civilians |
| armistice | ending of hostilities |
| asymmetrical threat | non-“traditional” or not state-sponsored; ex: terrorism |
| atrocities | acts of unusually cruelty |
| biological warfare | use of disease producing agents on plants, animal or people |
| blockade | ships prevent goods from reaching enemy ports |
| blue helmets | nickname for UN Peacekeepers |
| border monitoring | international observers who report on goods and issues between national borders |
| buffer zone | a neutral space created by the withdrawal of both hostile parties |
| The Caucasus | a volatile region of central Asia; formerly part of the USSR and is a significant crossroads for world energy from the Caspian Sea region (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Chechnya) |
| chemical warfare | use of toxic chemical compounds, including defoliants and herbicides |
| civil war | war b/t a government and a faction of the same state, nether clearly recognized as the legitimate government |
| collective security | agreement by a group of nations to defend the other in case of an attack on any member |
| concentration camp | internment center for political prisoners and members of minority groups for “reasons of state security” |
| Dayton Peace Accords | 1995 peace agreement ending the war over the former Yugoslavia, b/t Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia |
| demilitarized zone (DMZ) | are between the forward lines of two hostile parties |
| ethnic cleansing | expulsion, imprisonment or killing of ethnic minorities by the majority |
| ethnocentrism | belief in the superiority of one’s own culture or ethnic group |
| genocide | systematic killing of a whole nation of people |
| guerrilla | small forces or irregular volunteer troops; usually harass enemy supplies and communications |
| host nation support (HNS) | support by a host nation for UN Peacekeeping operations |
| Implementation Force | Yugoslavia: UN supported NATO forces to keep the peace in Bosnia |
| interoperability | ability of military systems, units and forces to communicate with other civilian and military systems |
| inter-/intra-state conflict | conflict within or between nations |
| joint task force (JTF) | US military concept of combining Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine units for a specific mission |
| Karachi Agreement | cease fire signed in 1949 between India and Pakistan over the states of Kashmir and Jammu |
| Line of Control in Kashmir | 700 km. frontier separating Indian and Pakistani forces in Kashmir |
| Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement | tentative peace agreement signed in 1999 (widely ignored) stopping the war between Congo, Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe versus Rwanda and Uganda |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization; formed in 1949 by 12 democratic nations to defend each other if attacked |
| Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty(NPT) | signed in 1970, it was intended to limit the nuclear states to the five SC permanent members |
| observer mission | unarmed military officers to monitor cease fire agreements |
| PLO | Palestinian Liberation Organization; formed in 1964 with the purpose of creating a homeland for Palestinians in Israel |
| paramilitary | being similar to the military; but unofficial |
| partisan | members or guerilla bands or other unofficial lightly armed troops |
| peacekeeper/peacekeeping operation | UN sponsored and Security council backed operation to create or keep the peace between warring factions |
| rapid deployment force (RDF) | a short notice contingency force, formed unilaterally or with partners, to be deployed in situations in which its military organization, training, equipment or communications enable it to cope with a variety of situations; humanitarian, disaster relief, separate warring factions to actual combat |
| rapid reaction force (RRF) | name given to NATO led and UN backed forces capable of doing RDF |
| “Road Map” to Middle East Peace | current plan to hand over “land for peace” between Israel and the Palestinians |
| Security Council | main organ within the UN responsible for maintaining peace and security; composed of 5 permanent and 10 rotating members with two year terms elected by the General Assembly |
| stand-by forces | capabilities made available to the UN by member states, military, police, specialized personnel or equipement |
| START I & II | Strategic Arms Reduction Talks, 1993-94 between USA and Russia to reduce the active deployment of ICBMs |
| Sunshine Policy | current policy of active engagement and reconciliation by the government of South Korea towards North Korea |
| TMD (Theater Missile Defense) | ). USA backed defensive system designed to protect an area smaller than the entire USA from attack by a long range ballistic or nuclear missile |
| war crime | . a crime committed during or in connection with war; genocide, ethnic cleansing or prisoner mistreatment |
| Westphalian Doctrine | political theory named for the treaty that ended the Thirty Years War (1618-48) that provided the framework for European relations for over two centuries; idea that sovereign states do not get involved with other sovereign states’ internal affairs |
| white helmets | . UN sponsored international volunteer rapid response teams to provide humanitarian relief to emergencies |
| Zionism | . international movement for the support of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and later for support for Israel |
