Question 2: If implicit recognition is possible, a state may feel the need to explicitly proclaim that its acts do not constitute diplomatic recognition, as when the United States commenced its dialogue with the ________ in 1988.
Question 6: Renewing recognition of a government is not necessary when it changes in a normal, constitutional way (such as an ________ or referendum), but is necessary in the case of a coup d'etat or revolution.
Question 7: Diplomatic recognition in international law is a unilateral political act, with domestic and international legal consequences, whereby a state acknowledges an act or status of another state or ________.