PSIR Optional Political Science and International Relation
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πŸ“ŒADMINISTERED TERRITORY

πŸ”ΈThis concept was advocated by Jan Smuts and George Louis Beer under Article XXII of the covenant of the League of Nations to control and administer the colonial possessions of Germany in Africa, Pacific and Turkey in the Middle East.

πŸ”Έ It was a system that did not involve direct annexation and traditional imperialism. The β€˜responsible’ states in β€˜sacred trust’ of the League of Nations would provide guidance and support to powers incapable of self-governing themselves.

πŸ”ΈThe Permanent Mandates Commission established managed the entire process. Frederick Samuel North edge, in his book, The League of Nations: Its Life and Times (1986), says that the mandate system was the first ever experiment in the world with international control on dependent territories.
πŸ“Œ ADVANCE INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES (AIC)

πŸ”Έ The Brandt Report of 1980 used this term to refer to countries of North America, Western Europe, Japan and Australia.

πŸ”ΈThe UN also uses the same abbreviation and it refers basically to all developed countries.
πŸ“Œ ALLIANCE

πŸ”ΈWhen two or more actors formally sign an agreement to cooperate mutually in security related issues, it is called an alliance.

πŸ”ΈNormally, alliances are defence pacts that operate during the situations of war.

πŸ”ΈAlliances have been most visible during the period of Cold War, but in the post Cold War period today, as explained by Christensen and Snyder, strong alliances would be difficult to envisage given the multipolarity of global politics.
πŸ“Œ ARBITRATION IN IR :

πŸ”Έ In arbitration, the two conflicting parties argue to submit their difference to a third party for settlement.

πŸ”ΈThe third party undertaking arbitration announces a binding decision in the process of settling the disputes.
πŸ“Œ ARMISTICE :

πŸ”ΈIt is an opportunity between two or more conflicting states to suspend hostilities and opt for a peaceful settlement.

πŸ”ΈIt is never unilateral but bilateral, and is a temporary declaration of peace, providing an opportunity to the conflicting states to terminate the state of war.

πŸ”ΈIt helps in maintaining a status quo. From 1949 to 1978, there was armistice between Arabs and Israel
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πŸ“ŒASIAN TIGER

πŸ”ΈIt is a term applied to certain states in Asia that had experienced aggressive economic growth within a short span of time.

πŸ”ΈThese Asian economies have become a new standard for economic liberalism in the recent times.

πŸ”ΈThe five Asian Tigers are Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan . Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia in this context are known as Tiger Cubs while Hong Kong and China are collectively also called Asian Dragons.
πŸ“ŒASYLUM

,πŸ”Έ The word β€˜asylum’ means refuge. It is a quasi-legal process where a national of another state gets protection from a state for sanctuary.

πŸ”ΈAs per the article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, the rights of asylum are vested in a state and not with the individuals.
πŸ“ŒAUTONOMY:

πŸ”ΈIt is a term very frequently used in political discourse. The liberal meaning of autonomy is self-government. The Treaty of Westphalia, 1648, marked the origin of the concept of the autonomy of states.

πŸ”ΈIt is stated that the beginning of the concept of autonomy also introduced the concept of anarchy amongst states in the international system.
πŸ“ŒANARCHY

πŸ”ΈThe etymology of this term derives from a Greek word which implies β€˜without a ruler.’ In day to day life, it is used as a term to signify chaos and lawlessness such as it happens when there exists a situation of no stable government or monarchy to maintain peace.

πŸ”ΈNormally, the term, in political discourse, is used when there is some revolutionary upheaval or sociopolitical turbulence.

πŸ”ΈIn international relations, anarchy is used specifically to signify international politics where no state has any absolute control on the overall system.
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πŸ“BALKANIZATION :

πŸ”ΈThe term was used by diplomats in later nineteenth century period to delineate the policy of Russia towards the states of Balkan Peninsula .

πŸ”ΈBalkan is a Turkish derivative for forested mountains. It is used as a term to describe fragmentation of a region into independent but mutually hostile power centers.

πŸ”ΈThis term was used on erstwhile Ottoman Empire States of Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Yugoslavia.
πŸ“ŒBASES MEANING IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

πŸ”Έ In the context of international relations, it is a term that signifies a point of military supply and troop concentration.

πŸ”ΈBases are strategically located and during the Cold War, both the US and the USSR established points of troop concentration in the territory of their allies.
πŸ“ŒBALANCE OF POWER :

πŸ”Έ This term has developed no clear meaning due to multiple interpretations available.

πŸ”ΈHowever, balance of power as a concept in international relations was used from the sixteenth century to early twentieth century, to describe an instrumentof policy to prevent power dominance.

πŸ”ΈThe European state system from 1815 to 1914 was an example of the use of BOP as an instrument to curb the quest for hegemonic ambitions.

πŸ”ΈHedley Bull asserted that BOP has prevented the formation of a universal empire through conquest
πŸ“ŒCOLD WAR :

πŸ”ΈThe term was coined by HB Scope, who was an American journalist. Walter
Lipmann popularised the term, and stated that Cold War describes a situation where there is no war, yet no peace.

πŸ”ΈIt is a term that signified the global ideological tensions in the world created in the aftermath of the World War II by the US and the Soviet Union.
πŸ“ŒCIVIL WAR :

πŸ”ΈA civil war is an internal state of violence within a nation where two or more factions fight to take over control of the political or legal apparatus of the state.

πŸ”ΈThere are three broad reasons as to why a civil war may happen. A civil war could happen to end colonialism; break away from a state and lastly, to achieve a reunion of separated states.

πŸ”ΈIn case of colonialism, there could be a civil war when some people in a colony favour an end to colonialism while a significant body intends to support colonial rule for the fear that the anticolonial insurgents could establish a political and an economic order that may affect those people.
πŸ“Œ COLONIALISM :

πŸ”ΈColonialism is a form of imperialism where one country tries to control the politics and economy of another country.

πŸ”ΈA country is made into a colony by a mother country, whereby the territory that gets colonised becomes a subordinate and servile country. The period from fifteenth to nineteenth century saw Portugal, British, France,
Holland and Spain colonising the Americas, Asia and Africa.

πŸ”ΈIn the present context, neo-
colonialism is a term used to signify domination by developed countries of post colonial independent states. Similarly, internal colonialism as a term is used when a peripheral region is treated as a subordinate by an economically dominant segment of the state.
πŸ“ŒDETERRENCE :

πŸ”ΈIn a simplistic sense, deterrence means a situation where a person A may seek a certain behaviour from person B. If person B does not display the desired behaviour or tries to deviate from the desired behaviour, then person A can deter person B from behaving in an unacceptable manner by threatening person B with punishment.

πŸ”ΈThe basic idea of deterrence is to issue a threat to prevent any undesirable behaviour from another state.

πŸ”ΈDeterrence is a special form of a power relationship where an imposer may make a threat upon a target whose behaviour the impostor wishes to oppose. Thus, deterrence is all about negative sanctions.
πŸ“Œ DISARMAMENT:

πŸ”ΈDisarmament is a process to reduce, remove and eliminate certain weapon systems identified by a state.

πŸ”Έ It is normally used in the context of nuclear weapons. Once the process of disarmament is complete, it leads to an establishment of a completely disarmed world.
πŸ“Œ MEANING OF EXILE IN IR :

πŸ”ΈA situation where a person or group of persons is banished from one place to another. Though it is mostly viewed as a punishment, it could be either self-imposed or enforced.

πŸ“Œ MEANING OF Extradition IN IR:

πŸ”ΈIt is a legal term that signifies a situation or a process where one state hands over a fugitive to another state. To facilitate the transfer of persons, an extradition treaty is required. In the case of an absence of an extradition treaty, there is no duty upon a state under the international law to undertake extradition.
πŸ“Œ FAILED NATIONS STATES:

πŸ”ΈDuring the Cold War, the US and the Soviet Union extended aid and support to other states with an intention to contain each other.

πŸ”ΈAs the Cold War ended, the term called failed nation state began to emerge and it signifies those states that could not survive without an aid.
πŸ“ŒFOREIGN AID :

πŸ”ΈIt is a tool of economic diplomacy where the donor state may use monetary instrument to achieve certain policy goals within the recipient state.

πŸ”ΈThe most important factor in this scenario is the capability that the donor state needs to possess to assert economic influence on the recipient state.

πŸ”ΈThe capabilities are often measured as surplus national resource. At times, foreign aid could be used as a power instrument when it is used by a state actor to reward a behaviour of another state after removal of sanctions.
πŸ“ŒFREE TRADE ( RELATED TO LAISSEZ-FAIRE )

πŸ”Έ It is a form of trading system which involves two actors where the trade of goods happens between the two without any restrictions. It indicates the abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market.

πŸ”ΈAny form of free trade promotes competition and Efficiency and therefore is beneficial from an economic point of view.

πŸ”ΈFree trade not only benefits a trader but also the consumers because traders through free trade can access foreign markets while the consumers can get access to imported goods.