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In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state in exchange for allegiance to another, changing sides in a way which is considered illegitimate by the first state. [1] More broadly, defection involves abandoning a person, cause, or doctrine to which one is bound by some tie, as of allegiance or duty. [2] [3]
Petrov made contact with the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and offered to provide evidence of Soviet espionage in exchange for political asylum. The defection was arranged by Michael Bialoguski, a Polish doctor and musician, and part-time ASIO agent, who had cultivated Petrov for nearly two years, befriending him and taking him to visit prostitutes in Sydney's King's ...
Defection is defined as either voluntarily giving up the membership of his party or disobeying (abstaining or voting against) the directives (political whip) of the party leadership on a vote in legislature. Legislators can change their party without the risk of disqualification to merge with or into another party provided that at least two ...
23. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” 24. “Gambling, beer and football filled the horizons of their minds.” 25.
Yale's 2023 list of notable quotations ranges from disagreements within the Kennedy family to surprising insights from Barbie.
The following is a chronological list of political catchphrases throughout the history of the United States government. This is not necessarily a list of historical quotes, but phrases that have been commonly referenced or repeated within various political contexts.
27. “Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.” 28. “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” 29. “For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all ...
Spied for the U.S. for three years before defection. His wife in Moscow died two months after his defection, purportedly of suicide. Kirill Kondrashin: Conductor: Russia: 1978: Defected in December 1978 while touring in the Netherlands and sought political asylum there Ion Mihai Pacepa: Securitate agent: Romania: 1978