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The "axis of evil" is a name given to an unsubstantiated correlation between the plane of the Solar System and aspects of the cosmic microwave background (CMB).It gives the plane of the Solar System and hence the location of Earth a greater significance than might be expected by chance – a result which has been claimed to be evidence of a departure from the Copernican principle. [1]
The phrase "axis of evil" was first used by U.S. President George W. Bush and originally referred to Iran, Ba'athist Iraq, and North Korea.It was used in Bush's State of the Union address on January 29, 2002, less than five months after the September 11 attacks and almost a year before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and often repeated throughout his presidency.
This glossary of biology terms is a list of definitions of fundamental terms and concepts used in biology, the study of life and of living organisms.It is intended as introductory material for novices; for more specific and technical definitions from sub-disciplines and related fields, see Glossary of cell biology, Glossary of genetics, Glossary of evolutionary biology, Glossary of ecology ...
What brings the axis of evil together is not a common belief in a particular form of government or system of values but disdain for the current global, Western-led order and a reaction to Western ...
All these lethal interactions and collaborative efforts are operationalizing the mutual diplomatic and ideological declarations of a joint anti-U.S., anti-Western strategy.
Axis of evil (first used in 2002), U.S. President George W. Bush's description of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea Axis of Resistance (first used in 2002), the Shia alliance of Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah Axis of Upheaval (first used in 2024), foreign policy neologism of the Anti-western collaboration between Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea
A type of fruit, usually woody, ovoid to globular, including scales, bract s, or bracteoles arranged around a central axis, e.g. in gymnosperms, especially conifers and Casuarina. conflorescence A rarely used term describing substantial differences between the overall structure of an inflorescence and that of its individual branches, e.g. the ...
The term "Axis of Resistance" was first used by the Libyan daily newspaper Al-Zahf Al-Akhdar in response to American president George W. Bush's claim that Iran, Iraq, and North Korea formed an axis of evil. Its 2002 article, "Axis of evil or axis of resistance", said "the only common denominator among Iran, Iraq, and North Korea is their ...