World Order

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Across
  1. 2. order the activities and relationships between the world’s states, and other significant non-state global actors, that occur within a legal, political and economic framework; an international set of arrangements for promoting stability and peace
  2. 6. a widespread or systematic attack against any civilian population
  3. 8. undertaken by one state or body
  4. 11. the activity of creating conditions for sustainable peace in countries affected by conflict, through the use of force, quite often provided by a number of countries and consisting of soldiers, civilian police and civilian personnel
  5. 12. can direct a carefully engineered packet of data towards systems that control essential infrastructure, such as power stations, dams, airports, hospitals, schools, transport systems, electricity grids and financial systems.
  6. 15. having unrestricted authority or power
  7. 16. sovereignty the authority of an independent state to govern itself (for example, to make and apply laws; impose and collect taxes; make war and peace; and form treaties with foreign states)
  8. 17. War the state of hostility, without actual warfare, between the USSR and its satellites and the United States and its allies in the Western world, which lasted from just after World War II until about 1991
  9. 19. a semi-autonomous political entity that was nominally under the sovereignty of the British Empire
  10. 21. dominance of one nation over others
  11. 23. acts of violence against a population, intended to cause terror and thereby influence a government
  12. 26. action carried out during a time of war that violates accepted international rules of war
  13. 27. a Latin term meaning ‘compelling law’, also called a ‘peremptory norm’:
  14. 29. the ongoing integration of regional economies, societies and cultures brought about by the removal of restrictions on international trade, and advances in travel and mass communication
  15. 30. security a principle based on the agreement of a group of states not to attack one another and to defend each other from attack by others; the idea is that an attack on one is an attack on all
  16. 31. an organised group of two or more states, set up to pursue mutual interests in one or more areas
Down
  1. 1. violence and killing within communities
  2. 3. another term for a treaty: an international agreement between parties who are subject to international law (states and international organisations such as the UN and its bodies)
  3. 4. military intervention in a state in order to stop serious human suffering and/or human rights violations
  4. 5. the deliberate extermination of a national, ethnic, racial or religious group
  5. 7. compulsory enlistment in the military force of a state
  6. 9. involves the use of hit-and-run tactics and the element of surprise
  7. 10. the use of large, well-organised military forces.
  8. 13. an independent, non-profit group that often plays an important role in advocating, analysing and reporting on human rights worldwide
  9. 14. a group of unofficial soldiers who act outside international law and are often secretly used and funded by governments
  10. 18. a euphemism for genocide
  11. 20. involves the use of atomic or hydrogen bombs
  12. 22. atrocity crimes (mass atrocities) a broad term for crimes that fall into the categories of genocide, war crimes, ‘ethnic cleansing’ and crimes against humanity; this is the term favoured by the United Nations, because it avoids making distinctions on the basis of whether the crimes were committed in war or peace, or as part of an intrastate or interstate conflict
  13. 24. the interconnection of two or more states to such an extent that they are mutually dependent on each other for survival and mutually vulnerable to crises
  14. 25. cooperation between multiple states for mutual benefit or protection from common threats
  15. 28. a conflict between two or more parties within one country.