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REYMONTA Dictionary
A reference guide to the concepts, ideas and frameworks of international relations.
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View all terms →Balance of Power
International Relations Theory
How states prevent the concentration of power within the international system.
→Deterrence
Security Studies
The use of threats, including the credible threat of force, to discourage an adversary from taking an unwanted action.
→Realism
International Relations Theory
A diverse tradition in international relations stressing power, security, political competition and the constraints of anarchy. Classical, structural and neoclassical realist approaches disagree on the principal causes of state behaviour.
→Soft Power
Diplomacy
The ability to shape the preferences of others through attraction and persuasion rather than coercion or payment.
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Absolute Gains
International Relations Theory
Benefits evaluated according to an actor's own improvement rather than its advantage relative to others.
→AI-Assisted Targeting
Security Studies
The use of machine-learning or other AI techniques to support the identification, prioritisation or assessment of possible military targets.
→Algorithmic Bias
Security Studies
Systematic patterns in an algorithm's outcomes that unfairly disadvantage people or produce distorted judgements because of data, design or deployment choices.
→Amity and enmity
Security Studies
The patterns of friendship and hostility shaping expectations of threat and cooperation among states within a region.
→Anarchy
International Relations Theory
The absence of a central authority above sovereign states in the international system; it does not necessarily mean chaos.
→Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD)
Security Studies
Military capabilities and operational concepts designed to prevent an opponent from entering or operating freely within a contested area.
→Anti-Dumping Duty
Political Economy
An additional import duty permitted under WTO rules when investigated dumping causes the required injury to the importing country's domestic industry.
→Archipelagic Waters
International Law
Waters enclosed by lawfully drawn archipelagic baselines of an archipelagic state under UNCLOS.
→Armistice
Diplomacy
An agreement between belligerents to suspend military operations, often on a broad or indefinite basis pending further settlement.
→Arms Control
Security Studies
Agreements and measures intended to limit, regulate or increase transparency concerning weapons and military capabilities.
→Arms Race
Security Studies
Competitive increases in military capabilities by states responding to each other's actual or perceived armament.
→Article 36 Weapons Review
Security Studies
A legal assessment under Article 36 of Additional Protocol I to determine whether a new weapon, means or method of warfare would be prohibited in some or all circumstances.
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