Quick Revision: Cold War & Nuclear Era
Essential facts on Cold War strategy, nuclear proliferation, and international treaties.
The term "Cold War" was coined by Bernard Baruch.
Transnational actors' proliferation activated in the era of the Cold War.
The cold war strategy is best described as Deterrence.
Clausewitz's policy states that War is the continuation of policy.
The term "Third World Countries" was first used during the Cold War era.
Third World Countries means Developing Countries.
In 2001, the World Trade Center incident took place in the USA.
The site of the 9/11 attack was renamed Ground Zero.
The US President who gave the New World Order speech at the time of USSR disintegration was Bush Senior.
The US came to Pakistan after the major event of the 9/11 Attack.
The US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct 14, 1962) was John F. Kennedy.
Fidel Castro belonged to the country Cuba.
During the Cold War, Fidel Castro attempted to Allow a Soviet missile base to be built in Cuba.
The term 'Facebook Diplomacy' was coined in Dec 2008.
After North Korea's exploration, there are currently 9 countries that are nuclear powers, including Israel.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was recognized by the United Nations in 1957.
The rule for international agreements in written form is provided in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.
The Vienna Convention on the laws of treaties is known as the "Treaty of Treaties".
The treaties between states are regulated by the Viana convention treaty.
The NPT (1968) is about nuclear weapons and aims to Prevent its expansion.
The prevention of nuclear weapons is dealt with by the NPT.
Iran has threatened to withdraw from the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty).
The US ended the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty along with Russia.
The current Head of the IAEA is Rafael Mariano Grossi.
The IAEA was created to promote the Peaceful use of nuclear energy.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has its Headquarters in Vienna.
The world's largest nuclear power station is located in Japan (Kashiwazaki-Kariwa).
North Korea conducted its second nuclear test in 2009.
The country that built a cruise submarine threatening the US was North Korea.
The full form of "CTBT" is the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
Which of these is responsible to undermine the logic of nuclear deterrence? Weak States and Nukes.
In 2019, the US deputy defense secretary warned Syria about testing nuclear weapons.
The primary purpose of the AUKUS alliance is to Assist Australia in building nuclear submarines.