apogee (en)

(noun) the point in the orbit of an object (as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth / (noun) the point farthest from a planet or a satellite (as the moon) reached by an object orbiting it / (noun) the farthest or highest point; culmination

hegemony (en)

(noun) preponderant influence or authority over others; domination / (noun) the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group

jacquerie (en)

a communal uprising or revolt; named after a popular revolt by peasants that took place in northern France in the early summer of 1358 during the Hundred Years' War (which was itself named after the "jacque", or tunic, that the peasants wore)

partis alimentaires (fr)

"eating parties"; refers to political parties created for the purpose of enriching their leaders, not to advance an ideology, specifically in the context of Africa in recent years (I think)

patrimonialism (en)

a form of governance in which all power flows directly from the leader, which results in the blending of the public and private sectors; most notably defined by Max Weber in 1922

prevaricate (en)

(verb) to deviate from the truth; equivocate

Raubwirtschaft (de)

a specific case of kleptocracy; translates into plunder/predatory/rapine economy, where the whole economy of the state is based on robbery, looting and plundering the conquered territories (either its neighbours, or its own territory, as long as it can)

revanchism (en)

(noun) revenge / (noun) a usually political policy designed to recover lost territory or status

sui generis (en)

(adjective) constituting a class alone; unique peculiar

Washington Consensus (en)

a set of 10 economic policy prescriptions considered to constitute the "standard" reform package promoted for crisis-wracked developing countries by Washington, D.C.–based institutions like the IMF and the World Bank (in a nutshell, neoliberalism); term first used in 1989 by English economist John Williamson