Week 7 Flashcards
(33 cards)
The hypothetical country off the east coast of Africa that Dr. Strawser used in his thought experiment regarding intervention was named___________.
Kisiwa.
The “Responsibility to Protect” first shows up in response to ___________ query as to when the international community must intervene.
UN Secretary Kofi Annan’s.
The new operative phrase has shifted from “right to intervene” to __.
R2P.
The Germans used this chemical blood agent in World War II extermination camps.
Hydrogen Cyanide.
A virus causing hemorrhagic fever is ____.
Ebola and Marbug.
The original prototype of the Predator drone was modeled after which bird?
Albatross.
Accoring to an interviewee in the PBS program, the state of drone technology is equivalent to ____.
Biplane of World War I.
From Fog of War: Agent orange ______.
Was used to strip leaves from trees.
From Fog of War: The resolution that gave President Lyndon Johnson the authority to use military action without the formal declaration of war by congress was the ____________ Resolution.
Gulf of Tonkin.
According to John Arquilla in his “…Captain Kirk…” piece, American independence was won in part because of __________ military intervention.
French.
The model of the reconnaissance plane shot down by the Russians in the 1960s in which pilot Francis Powers was captured was the ____.
U2.
The super-high tech, RQ170 Sentinel drone was lost in which country?
Iran.
In the hypothetical Scenario #1 of WMD, the fishing vessel in the East River ___.
Dispersed Anthrax.
A____________was used to illustrate scale in the RoboBee demonstration.
Coin.
Operation Uphold Democracy was a 1994 US military action in which nation?
Haiti.
In the case of civil war, John Stuart Mill argues that third parties ____.
Can demand that conflicts cease.
Public opinion moved sharply in favor of the imminent Spanish-American War (1898) after the explosion of which vessel in Havana Harbor?
USS Maine.
John Stuart Mill’s justification for intervention in Algeria and India was _______.
Overt imperialism.
“There can seldom be anything approaching to assurance that intervention, even if successful, would be for the good of the people themselves,” is a quote from what 19th century political philosopher?
John Stuart Mill.
The new operative phrase has shifted from “right to intervene” to ___.
R2P.
Sarin is a ____________ agent.
Nerve.
Mustard gas is a ____________agent.
Blister.
A prototype drone that individual soldiers can pull out of their backpack and potential kill bad guys is the ______________.
Switchblade.
A similar approach to John Stuart Mill’s position on “civilized peoples” can be found in theory on intervention in _____________.
Failed states.
