Aspects of International Relations (PART FIVE) 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? HistoryCold WarA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Aaron WhitmanCreated on: 27-05-13 14:52 How much of the worlds oil supply did Iraq have? 20% 1 of 41 How much of the worlds oil supply did Saudi Arabia have? 20% 2 of 41 When did Iraq invade Kuwait? 1990 3 of 41 What was the UN response? Demanded withdrawal, economic sanctions 4 of 41 Who mainly pushed the UN response? US 5 of 41 What did the Arab League call for? No intervention from outside Arab States 6 of 41 On what issue was Saddam Hussein willing to negotiate? Linkage with the Israel/Palestine issue. 7 of 41 What was the UN response and why? Refused to accept terms (Pro Israel lobby in the US) 8 of 41 What was the military response? USA stationed 250 000 troops on the Saudi border (Operation Desert Shield) 45000 British troops (Operation Granby) 9 of 41 Why? Feared Iraqi invasion of Saudi Arabia-USA's last Middle Eastern ally since Iranian Revolution of 1979 10 of 41 How many nations were in the UN coalition and what proportion of the troops were US? 34 countries 73% US troops 11 of 41 What did the UN threaten? Resolution 678-forcibly remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait if they didn't withdraw before 15th January 1991 12 of 41 What was the Iraqi response? Didn't withdraw 13 of 41 What was the UN response? Operation Desert Shield-pushed Iraqi forces out of Kuwait and pushed into Iraq 14 of 41 What Saddam Hussein removed from power? No 15 of 41 What were the outcomes? Monitoring of Weapons of Mass Destruction and US No Fly Zone despite lack of UN approval (Later bombings in Operation Desert Fox 1998) 16 of 41 What evidence is there of G.W Bush moving away from international cooperation? -Wouldn't ratify test ban treaty -Resisted negotiations to avoid weaponisation of space -Withdrawal from Kyoto Protocols 17 of 41 When was 9/11? September 11th 2001 18 of 41 Who carried out the attack? Fundamentalist Islamist Group Al Qaeda 19 of 41 What was the immediate response? UN resolution 1368 (All nations must cooperate to find perpetrators) 20 of 41 What was the Bush response? -War on Terror 21 of 41 What were the US demands to Afghanistan? -To give up Al Qaeda leaders or face invasion 22 of 41 What was the response? -US invasion to capture Osama Bin Laden, destroy terrorist training camps and remove the Taliban regime 23 of 41 Who did US troops join forces with? -Northern Alliance 24 of 41 Who were the 'Axis of Evil' nations? -Iran -Iraq -North Korea 25 of 41 When was the invasion of Iraq? 2003 26 of 41 What was Bush's new policy? Preemptive strike 27 of 41 Who in the UN strongly didn't support the policy? Russia and France 28 of 41 Why weren't the UN effective in Bosnia? -Contradictions in not invading borders and the protection of minorities 29 of 41 What evidence is there? -1995 Srebrenica massacre 30 of 41 Which organisation was more effective in Kosovo 1999? NATO 31 of 41 Who facilitated the Dayton Agreement November 1995? US 32 of 41 Where is an example of the UN being effective? Sierra Leone 1999 33 of 41 Why were they effective? Forceful military action 34 of 41 Why were the UN effective in the 1991 Gulf War? US led the UN action 35 of 41 Why were the UN effective in East Timor 1999? Clear aggressor (Indonesia) and short term commitment 36 of 41 Why were the UN ineffective in Darfur 2003-2004? UN security council veto holders had self interest (US wanted Sudanese co-operation in anti terror effort/Russia and China had economic ties) 37 of 41 Why were the UN ineffective in Yugoslavia? -Contradictions in commitments and lack of consent to intervene 38 of 41 Why were the UN ineffective in Somalia 1992-1995? -Lack of US backing 39 of 41 Why were the UN ineffective in Rwanda 1993-1996? -No clear aggressor/ French self interest 40 of 41 What is the argument for the UN's effectiveness as a peacekeeper? -Effective when there is super power backing and a lack of superpower self interest. Ineffective when the US have no interest 41 of 41
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