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  • 13:41, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+549). . N Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD)(Created page with "An international NGO based in Berlin. Founded by Mark Donfried, Rosie and Riman Vilnius in 1999, the ICD aims to promote global peace and stability by strengthening and suppor...")
  • 13:36, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+751). . N Institut du Monde Arabe (The Arab World Institute)(Created page with "An institute founded in Paris in 1980 by 18 Arab countries and France. Institute du Monde Arabe aims to facilitate research and distribute information about the Arab world, it...")
  • 13:35, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+668). . N Input-Output Analysis(Created page with "Input-output analysis is an economic model that represents how different branches of a national economy or different regional economies are interconnected. It was developed by...")
  • 13:33, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+449). . N Infotainment(Created page with "A neologism which refers to the media tendency to merge information with entertainment. The term was first conceived with a negative connotation as the “seriousness” of jo...")
  • 13:33, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+528). . N Information Revolution(Created page with "Term describing current economic, social and technological trends in the post-industrial era as result of the development of Information and Communication Technologies. In the...")
  • 13:33, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+413). . N Information & Communication Technology (ICT)(Created page with "The term describes the convergence of audiovisual, telephone and computer networks to a single system. With an exponential expansion of its capacity in the past two decades, t...")
  • 13:32, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+925). . N Industrialization(Created page with "A process of technological, economic and social transformation which coincides with transition from an agriculture-based to an industry-based economy. Industrialization is a c...")
  • 13:32, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+769). . N Indigenous & Traditional Knowledge(Created page with "According to Article 31 of the UN Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, indigenous peoples have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their cultural h...")
  • 13:31, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+676). . N Identity Politics(Created page with "The phrase “identity politics” came into being in the second half of the twentieth century. The term can be found in a vast body of literature relating to feminism, post c...")
  • 13:30, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+516). . N Identity as a Social Construction(Created page with "The idea that human identities are shaped by the social norms, values, language, and structures of a particular society. The notion is centered on the belief that as humans, w...")
  • 13:29, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+779). . N Jihad(Created page with "According to the Quran and Hadith, all Muslims have the religious duty to defend their Islamic faith, a duty which can be fulfilled in four ways - by the heart, tongue, hand o...")
  • 13:28, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+623). . N Jazz Ambassadors(Created page with "Professional Jazz musicians who were sent on diplomatic missions by the United States State Department, throughout the cold war period. The scope of such missions was to promo...")
  • 13:28, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+406). . N Japan Foundation (Dictionary)(Created page with "Founded in 1972, the Japan Foundation focuses on cultural exchange in Japan and aims to promote Japanese culture around the world. The foundation is involved in three areas: a...")
  • 13:26, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,010). . N Kristallnacht(Created page with "Also known as the ‘Night of Broken Glass’, Kristallnacht occurred throughout Nazi Germany from the 9th-10th of November 1938, and was a set of coordinated attacks by the S...")
  • 13:25, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+710). . N Knowledge Economy(Created page with "In a knowledge- based economy, society’s resources are largely channeled toward innovation and the creation of knowledge. Given recent technological advances and the develop...")
  • 13:24, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+783). . N Kissinger, Henry(Created page with "=== Kissinger, Henry (May 27, 1923 - ) === Dr. Henry Kissinger is a Nobel Peace Prize winner and former National Security Adviser and Secretary of State in the Nixon and Ford ...")
  • 13:23, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+488). . N Kirsch, Philippe(Created page with "=== Kirsch, Philippe (April 1, 1947-) === Philippe Kirsch is a Canadian lawyer who served as a judge of the International Criminal Court from 2003-2009 and was the Court’s ...")
  • 13:22, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+934). . N Keohane, Robert(Created page with "=== Keohane, Robert (October 3, 1941 -) === An American academic who gained immense popularity for his book, ''After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the world Political ...")
  • 13:21, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+554). . N Luckmann, Thomas(Created page with "=== Thomas Luckmann (October 14, 1927 -) === German sociologist, best known for his contributions to the field of sociology, particularly in relation to communication, knowle...")
  • 13:20, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+491). . N Low Culture(Created page with "The concept of low culture refers to entertainment or art that may be less sophisticated or avant-garde than forms of art that are considered richer in artistic value, or as h...")
  • 13:19, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+561). . N Littoral(Created page with "The littoral zone is the part of a water mass, ocean, river, or sea that is close to the shore. There are varying definitions of the littoral zone depending on the type of wat...")
  • 13:19, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+878). . N Lisbon Treaty(Created page with "A legally binding agreement signed by all EU member states in 2007, which amended the two previous treaties constituting the legal framework of the European Union, those being...")
  • 13:18, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+711). . N Lingua Franca(Created page with "A language used to make communication possible between individuals or groups who do not share a mother tongue or common language. Traditionally established to facilitate trade...")
  • 13:17, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+884). . N Lévi-Strauss, Claude(Created page with "=== Claude Lévi-Strauss (November 28, 1908 - October 30, 2009) === An internationally recognized French anthropologist and ethnologist, who is often cited as the “father o...")
  • 13:16, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+364). . N Levant(Created page with "The eastern Mediterranean area now covered by Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Cyprus, southern Turkey, northwestern Iraq and the Sinai Peninsula. Archaeologists an...") (current)
  • 13:15, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+415). . N Leitkultur (Core Culture)(Created page with "Politically controversial term originally associated with German-Arab socialist Bassam Tibi, although now often linked with the contemporary political debate on national ident...")
  • 13:14, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (-2). . Leipzig Book Fair
  • 13:14, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+456). . N Leipzig Book Fair(Created page with "The Leipzig Book Fair is the second largest book fair in Germany after the Frankfurt Book Fair. The Fair is held over four days at the Leipzig Trade Fair Ground, and is often ...")
  • 13:12, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+828). . N Landry, Charles(Created page with "=== Landry, Charles (1948-) === Charles Landry coined the term ‘the creative city’ in the late 1980s. He has placed great emphasis on the need for cities to adapt to urban...")
  • 13:11, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+681). . N Land Erosion(Created page with "Land erosion is the process by which land – for example, rocks or sand – are picked up by processes such as wind or water flows and deposited in another place. While land ...")
  • 13:11, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (-75). . Category:The Cultural Diplomacy Dictionary
  • 13:10, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+75). . Category:The Cultural Diplomacy Dictionary
  • 13:09, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+466). . N Land Cover(Created page with "Land cover is a broad term used to describe all physical matter that covers the Earth’s surface, including natural as well as man-made substances. Grass, forest, asphalt, wa...")
  • 13:09, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+622). . N Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)(Created page with "The notion of mutually assured destruction (MAD) refers to a national security policy whereby two opposing countries using weapons of mass destruction against each other would...")
  • 13:08, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+789). . N Multipolarization(Created page with "Describes the changing global trend in international relations. As countries become more interdependent, both politically and economically, it becomes difficult for world powe...")
  • 13:06, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+147). . N Multiplier Coefficients(Created page with "A multiplier co-efficient is a multiplier of a variable or expression, usually depicted as a number. Category:The Cultural Diplomacy Dictionary") (current)
  • 13:05, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+710). . N Multilateralism(Created page with "Multilateralism is characterized by multiple countries cooperating on an issue. Some international organizations operate multilaterally, including the United Nations. Regional...")
  • 13:04, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+611). . N Multiculturalism(Created page with "A particular social condition of racial, ethnic, religious or cultural diversity resulting from immigration. This societal vision aims to treat all members of a society as equ...")
  • 13:03, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+548). . N Moreno Ocampo, Luis(Created page with "=== Moreno Ocampo, Luis (June 4, 1952 -) === Luis Moreno Ocampo is an Argentine lawyer and the first prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. He is known for his effor...")
  • 13:02, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+34). . Monnet, Jean
  • 13:02, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+263). . N Monnet, Jean(Created page with "French political scientist and diplomat thought of as Father of the European Union and one of its founding fathers. He helped create the European Coal and Steel Community in 1...")
  • 13:01, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+686). . N Modernization Theory(Created page with "Used to analyze and explain the process of modernization in societies. Modernization theory attempts to identify the variables which have led to socioeconomic progress in soci...")
  • 13:00, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+701). . N Millennium Development Goals, The (MDG)(Created page with "A United Nations agenda outlining development targets aimed at tackling extreme poverty to be achieved by 2015. There are eight Millennium Development Goals in total: eradicat...")
  • 13:00, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+692). . N Migration (Human)(Created page with "Human migration refers to the movement of people from one area to another. Human migration can occur nationally or internationally, can be voluntary or involuntary, in small o...")
  • 12:59, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+890). . N Microenterprise(Created page with "An enterprise qualifies as a microenterprise in the US if it is registered as having five or fewer employees and requires a seed capital of not more than $35,000. In Australia...")
  • 12:58, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+812). . N Melting Pot(Created page with "In cultural anthropology, the metaphor of the melting pot is used to describe a society in which the mixing of heterogeneous peoples leads to a common culture; that is to say,...")
  • 12:57, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+965). . N Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP)(Created page with "The Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) was adopted in 1975 by 16 Mediterranean countries and the European Community under the framework of the United Nations Environment Program ...")
  • 12:57, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+941). . N Mediation in Conflict Resolution(Created page with "Usually defined as the use of an impartial third party to facilitate direct negotiations, with the key aim of achieving peace through conflict resolution. The traditional outs...")
  • 12:04, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+839). . N Mearsheimer, John(Created page with "=== Mearsheimer, John (December 1947 -) === A renowned international relations theorist and proponent of the neorealist school of thought. Mearsheimer is best known for his bo...")
  • 12:03, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+455). . N Master Kong(Created page with "=== Master Kong (551 BC-479 BC) === Literal translation of ‘Confucius’. Confucius was a prominent Chinese philosopher and educator, who developed one of the main foundatio...")

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