Diplomacy & Politics Glossary

The United Kingdom's 2016 referendum decision and subsequent process to leave the European Union.

A Cold War dispute during the 1980s over Soviet SS-20 missiles and NATO's deployment of Pershing II and cruise missiles in Europe.

A financial crisis starting in 2009 marked by sovereign debt problems in several European countries using the euro currency.

A financial crisis starting in 2009 involving sovereign debt problems in several European countries threatening the Eurozone's stability.

1998 peace agreement that helped end decades of conflict in Northern Ireland by establishing power-sharing institutions.

The political and ideological barrier dividing Eastern and Western Europe from 1945 until the end of the Cold War, symbolizing Soviet influence in Eastern Europe.

The process of adding new member states, primarily former Warsaw Pact countries, to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization after the Cold War.

A failed Allied military operation in 1944 aiming to capture bridges in the Netherlands to advance into Germany quickly. It resulted in heavy casualties and delayed the end of World War II in Europe.