bloc strategy
1Strategy of tension — A strategy of tension ( it. strategia della tensione) is an alleged way used by world powers to divide, manipulate, and control public opinion using fear, propaganda, disinformation, psychological warfare, agents provocateurs, as well as false… …
2Eastern Bloc — Map of the Eastern Bloc …
3Eastern Bloc emigration and defection — Conrad Schumann leaping over barbed wire into West Berlin on August 15, 1961, three days after construction began on the Berlin Wall[1] Eastern Bloc emigration and defection was a point of controversy during the Cold War. After Worl …
4Western Bloc — The Western Bloc during the Cold War refers to the powers allied with the United States and NATO against the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. The latter were referred to as the Eastern Bloc , a more common term in English than Western Bloc ,… …
5Viet Cong and PAVN strategy, organization and structure — US caricature of Ho Chi Minh During the Second Indochina War, better known as the Vietnam War, a distinctive land warfare strategy and organization was used by the Main Force of the People s Liberation Armed Forces (better known as the Viet Cong… …
6Valencian Nationalist Bloc — The Valencian Nationalist Bloc ( Bloc Nacionalista Valencià , BLOC or BNV) is a nationalist party in the Valencian Community, Spain, currently led by Enric Morera. The BLOC s main aim is, as stated in their guidelines, to achieve full national… …
7Black bloc — A black bloc is made up largely of anarchists or autonomists, anti capitalist individuals or groups that gather for protests, demonstrations, or other event involving class struggle, anti capitalism, anti facism, or anti globalization. Black… …
8Voting bloc — A voting bloc is a group of voters that are so motivated by a specific concern or group of concerns that it helps determine how they vote in elections. The divisions between voting blocs are known as cleavage. A voting bloc can be longstanding… …
9Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme — The Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme, or SERS for short, is an urban redevelopment strategy employed by the Housing and Development Board in Singapore in maintaining and upgrading public housing flats in older estates in the city state.… …
10international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
