| A | B |
| Apartheid | A policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race. Existed for many years in South Africa. |
| Conflict | a sharp disagreement (as between ideas, interests, or purposes) |
| Cooperation | the act of working together |
| Containment | the action of keeping something harmful under control or preventing it from expanding |
| Espionage | the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information |
| International conflict | a dispute between two different nations or groups |
| Internationalist | a person who advocates or believes in cooperation and understanding between nations |
| Internment | putting a person in prison or other kind of detention, generally in wartime for political or military reasons without proof of wrongdoing |
| Isolationism | a political belief (foreign policy) to not get involved in the political affairs, and especially the wars, of other countries. |
| Neutrality | not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement (impartiality) |
| Resolution (for conflict) | the process of ending a conflict or disagreement |
| Sanctions | threatened penalties for disobeying a law or rule |
| Super Power | a very powerful and influential nation (the US, U.K., China) |
| Terrorism | unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political goals |
| War | armed conflict between different nations, states or groups within a nation or state |