| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
| authoritarian form of government |
absolutism
,
autarchy
,
autocracy
,
despotism
,
dictatorship
,
totalitarianism
,
tyranny
|
| form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) |
absolutism
,
authoritarianism
,
Caesarism
,
despotism
,
dictatorship
,
monocracy
,
one-man rule
,
shogunate
,
Stalinism
,
totalitarianism
,
tyranny
|
| principle of complete and unrestricted power in government |
absolutism
,
totalism
,
totalitarianism
|
| act by a government body or supranational organization |
action
|
| Yemen-based terrorist group that supports al-Qaeda's goals; seeks to overthrow the Yemeni government and eliminate United States interests; responsible for bombings and kidnappings and killing Western tourists in Yemen |
Aden-Abyan Islamic Army
,
IAA
,
Islamic Army of Aden
,
Islamic Army of Aden-Abyan
|
| body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government |
administrative law
|
| someone who manages a government agency or department |
administrator
,
executive
|
| security issued by United States government agencies or the Farm Credit System |
agency security
,
government security
|
| administrative unit of government |
agency
,
authority
,
bureau
,
federal agency
,
government agency
,
office
|
| advisor employed by the government to assist people in rural areas with methods of farming and home economics |
agricultural agent
,
county agent
,
extension agent
|
| United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications; a partnership of government and university and industry |
AHPCRC
,
Army High Performance Computing Research Center
|
| person trained by the government in hijacking and terrorist tactics who (for security reasons) is a passenger aboard an airline flight |
air marshal
,
sky marshal
|
| Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi |
Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya
,
FIG
,
Libyan Fighting Group
,
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
,
Libyan Islamic Group
|
| Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells |
al-Jihad
,
Egyptian Islamic Jihad
,
Islamic Jihad
,
Vanguards of Conquest
|
| radical insurgent Islamist group consisting of disaffected middle-class professionals in Malaysia who want to overthrow the government by violent means and set up an Islamic state |
al-Ma'unah
|
| czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825) |
Aleksandr Pavlovich
,
Alexander I
,
Czar Alexander I
|
| terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again |
ALIR
,
Army for the Liberation of Rwanda
,
FAR
,
Former Armed Forces
,
Interahamwe
|
| major political party in the United States in the early 19th century; founded by Alexander Hamilton; favored a strong centralized government |
American Federalist Party
,
Federalist Party
,
Federal Party
|
| immunity from government prosecution |
amnesty
|
| pardon granted by government |
amnesty
|