Tennessee World Affairs Council What in the World? Weekly Quiz – February 20-26, 2023

President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Kyiv to mark this week’s one-year anniversary of the unprovoked Russian invasion. Biden met with THIS Ukrainian leader.

Petro Poroshenko

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Leonid Kravchuk

Leonid Kuchma

China's Ministry of Commerce announced sanctions on key defense manufacturers Lockheed and Raytheon over arms sales to Taiwan as part of Bejing's pledge to take "countermeasures" in response to THIS event.

American Patriot missile sales to Taiwan

U.S. Navy ships operating in the South China Sea

Shoot down of a PRC spy balloon

Secretary of State Blinken cancelled visit to China

The leaders of countries including France, Germany and the United States are in THIS city for a security summit where they discuss boosting support for Ukraine and possible stronger sanctions on Russia.

Munich

Geneva

New York

Paris

The United States accused Russia of violating the last remaining significant nuclear weapons limitations treaty, known as THIS, when it refused access to inspectors at its facilities.

New START

SALT

SHORT

INF

Scottish politics were shaken with the surprise resignation of THIS official who had been a leading voice for independence from the United Kingdom.

Rishi Sunak

Alexander Abercromby

Mairi Gougeon

Nicola Sturgeon

The top foreign policy advisor and former foreign minister from THIS Asian country will visit Russia during an eight-day international tour that included the Munich Security Conference. The U.S. Warned them against providing lethal aid to Russia in its war against Ukraine.

India

Pakistan

North Korea

China

Israel has passed a law to revoke the citizenship of members of THIS group residing in Israel if convicted of terrorism or who also get financial aid from the Palestinian Authority (PA).

Kurds

Arabs

Turks

Iranians

A court in THIS country in Central America stripped 94 political opponents of their citizenship, including award-winning writer Sergio Ramírez, poet Gioconda Belli and Catholic bishop Silvio Báez, bringing the total to 316. It drew sharp criticism from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Nicaragua

Honduras

Columbia

Panama

The U.S Agency for International Development held a Summit in Washington D.C. in December chaired by Administrator Samantha Power and President Biden. The goal of the Summit was to revitalize the U.S's relations with community leaders from THIS continent where Russia and China are gaining influence.

Africa

Southeast Asia

Latin America

Central Asia

North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the "time is now" for Turkey and Hungary to ratify applications by THESE two states to join the defense alliance.

Ireland and Kosovo

Belarus and Bosnia-Herzegovina

Georgia and Azerbaijan

Finland and Sweden

Tennessee World Affairs Council What in the World? Weekly Quiz – February 20-26, 2023

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