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  • 14:37, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+481). . N Intifada(Created page with "Intifada refers to a rebellion or uprising and is largely used in relation to the Palestinian uprisings against the Israeli military occupation of Palestinian territories. The...") (current)
  • 14:35, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+640). . N International Standard Industrial Classification(Created page with "The Industrial Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) is a system used by the UN for classifying data. It is used nationally and internationally ...") (current)
  • 14:34, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+558). . N International Security(Created page with "When interstate relations are governed by universal norms and laws in order to maintain peace and security in the global arena. A key doctrine of the UN peacekeeping framework...")
  • 14:34, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+753). . N International Relations(Created page with "The interdisciplinary study of relations between members of the international community, including the role of states, international organizations, non- governmental organizat...")
  • 14:32, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+586). . N International Political Economy (IPE)(Created page with "Also referred to as global political economy, international political economy (IPE) is an interdisciplinary academic field which analyzes the connection between international ...")
  • 14:32, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+509). . N International Organization(Created page with "A leading academic journal in the field of international affairs. Subject areas which are covered by the journal include foreign policy, international relations,international ...")
  • 14:30, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,253). . N International Monetary Fund (IMF)(Created page with "The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization established at the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944 in an effort to help rebuild the world’s payment s...")
  • 14:30, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+774). . N International Labour Organization (ILO)(Created page with "The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency which deals with matters of equality and justice in labour. It aims to ensure that international labor s...")
  • 14:29, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+395). . N International Institutions(Created page with "Connected sets of rules or norms that prescribe behavioral roles, constrain activity, and shape expectations which can comprise of informal or formal entities. Institutions ca...")
  • 13:55, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+789). . N International English(Created page with "Refers to the English language’s status as an international, global means of communication. English is spoken by approximately 375 million people as a mother tongue, with th...")
  • 13:54, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+797). . N International Criminal Court (ICC)(Created page with "The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a permanent tribunal established on July 1, 2002 to prosecute individuals who have committed (after that date) the following crimes: ...")
  • 13:51, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+536). . N Internal Colonialism(Created page with "Internal colonialism is a notion of structural, political and economic inequalities between regions within a nation state due to the uneven effects of economic development on ...")
  • 13:49, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+739). . N Intergovernmental Organization (IGO)(Created page with "An intergovernmental organization, sometimes referred to as an IGO, is an organization made up of sovereign states or sometimes multiple IGOs. They are established by treaties...")
  • 13:48, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+559). . N Intercultural or Cross-Cultural Communication(Created page with "A form of global communication based on interactions between people from different cultural, religious, social and ethnic backgrounds. Through such communication individuals a...")
  • 13:47, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+397). . N Integration(Created page with "The process of moving from a state of isolation to that of integration. Integration can encompass a large variety of social,economic and legal fields. Racial or social integra...")
  • 13:46, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+767). . N Integrated Coastal Zone Management(Created page with "Integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) is a system that attempts to promote coastal well-being and sustainability by using an approach that integrates all aspects of the co...")
  • 13:43, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+489). . N Intangible Cultural Heritage(Created page with "Parts of culture not covered by tangible Cultural Heritage, such as traditions, practices, cultural spaces and expressions communicated through means such as music, drama, rit...")
  • 13:43, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+271). . N Instituto Camões (Dictionary)(Created page with "Institution founded in 1992 for the global promotion of Portuguese language and culture. It is named after the well- known Portuguese author Luís de Camões and counts over 6...")
  • 13:42, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+785). . N Institute for Cultural Relations Policy (ICRP)(Created page with "A non-governmental organization engaging political actors, diplomats, and young intellectuals from around the world in public discourse regarding cultural relations policy. Th...")
  • 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

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