WebThe Carter Doctrine was a policy proclaimed by President of the United States Jimmy Carter in his State of the Union Address on January 23, 1980, which stated that the United States would use military force, if necessary, to defend its national interests in the Persian Gulf.It was a response to the Soviet Union's intervention in Afghanistan in 1979, and it …

WebQatar (/ ˈ k æ t ɑːr /, / ˈ k ɑː t ɑːr / (), / ˈ k ɑː t ər /, / ˈ k ʌ t ər /, or / k ə ˈ t ɑːr / (); Arabic: قطر, romanized: Qaṭar; local vernacular pronunciation: [ˈɡɪtˤɑr]), officially the State of Qatar, is a country in Western Asia.It occupies the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and shares its sole land border with ...

WebThe Bay of Biscay (/ ˈ b ɪ s k eɪ,-k i /), known in Spain as the Gulf of Biscay (Spanish: Golfo de Vizcaya, Basque: Bizkaiko Golkoa), and in France and some border regions as the Gulf of Gascony (French: Golfe de Gascogne, Occitan: Golf de Gasconha, Breton: Pleg-mor Gwaskogn), is a gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea.It …