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Diplomatic immunity
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The privileges and immunities granted by a host country to foreign ambassadors and embassy staff, exempting them from the full force of local laws.
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Economic warfare
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Aggressive actions by a state intended to damage another state economically.
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Power balancing
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Efforts by states to protect themselves in a dangerous world by arraying power against power, consisting of both internal balancing and external balancing.
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Internal balancing
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The process by which states muster their own power to balance rival states by mobilizing their economy and increasing their defense capabilities.
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External balancing
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The process by which states enter into security alliances with other states to balance the power of a particularly strong state or coalition of states.
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Bandwagoning
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When smaller, weaker states ally with a larger, powerful state for protection. Contrasts with balance of power.
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Collective security
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Security provided by the members of an international cooperative institution in which, if any state threatened or actually used military force illegally against a member state, the other members pledged to form an overwhelming coalition to defeat the aggressor.
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Peacemaking
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UN action before war breaks out designed to prevent two states from going to war with each other by brokering peaceful settlements. Contrasts with peacekeeping, which occurs in the aftermath of war.
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Peacekeeping
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UN operations in which UN-sponsored troops are deployed in countries in the aftermath of war or civil violence to keep the warring groups apart and enforce the peace settlement.
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Zone of peace
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The number of democratic countries and the geographic space they possess within which states do not want to use military force or believe it will be used against them, in keeping with the democratic peace theory.
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