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| A description of the international system resulting from the collapse of the Soviet Union in which the balance of nuclear terror theoretically no longer determined the destinies of states. |
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| The study of the interpplay between international political relations and the territorial/environmental context in which they occur. Combines geography with some aspects of political science. |
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| The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government. |
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| When peoples share a well-developed sense of belonging to the same cultural group. |
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| The identification and loyalty a person may feel for his or her nation. |
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| A term used in Russia to describe the Post-Soviet states (except Russia itself). The term is used since the early 1990s, usually to assert Russia's right to have major influence in the region. |
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| The expansion of economic, political, and cultural activities to the point that they become global in scale and impact. This process has been aided by technological advances in transportation, information management, and telecommunication. |
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| A form of government in which power is held directly or indirectly by citizens under a free electoral system. |
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| Religious movement whose objectives are to return to the foundations of the faith and to influence state policy. |
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