Society and history

Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies "Rubicon"

Rubicon (Центр передовых беспилотных технологий «Рубикон») is Russia's Ministry of Defense center for advanced unmanned technologies, formed August 2024 under Defense Minister Belousov to centralize drone training, procurement, R&D, and elite combat detachments, notably fiber-optic FPV drones used in Kursk and Donetsk.

Center for American Progress

The Center for American Progress is a progressive policy institute founded in 2003 by John Podesta. It was instrumental in the creation of the 2010 Affordable Care Act.

Center for Research Libraries

Center for Research Libraries (CRL): Chicago-based nonprofit consortium of 200+ research libraries, founded 1949 as the Midwest Inter-Library Center; holds 6 million physical items and 85 million digitized pages in 278 languages, lending and digitizing on demand.

Center for Strategic and International Studies

CSIS is a bipartisan, nonprofit Washington, D.C. think tank founded in 1962 by Admiral Arleigh Burke and David Abshire at Georgetown University; independent since 1987, with over 275 staff across four policy areas and CEO Joseph F. Dunford.

Center of excellence

A center of excellence (CoE), also called a competency center, is a team that concentrates specialized expertise and best practices in one domain for its organization.

Centerfold

Centerfold: the fold-out photograph on a magazine's two facing center pages, or the person pictured. Coined 1950; defined by Playboy's Playmate feature (1955) and Playgirl; ended in print by 2016, revived as digital creator platforms.

CenterPoint Energy

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is a regulated energy delivery holding company whose utilities provide electric and natural gas service in Texas, Indiana, Minnesota, and Ohio, including a wires-only electric system serving greater Houston.

Centinel Spine

Centinel Spine is a privately held spinal device company in West Chester, Pennsylvania, founded in 2008, that sells the prodisc family of cervical and lumbar total disc replacement implants.

Central Administrative Tribunal

The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) is an Indian tribunal established in 1985 under Article 323A of the Constitution to adjudicate recruitment and service disputes of Union government employees.

Central African CFA franc

The Central African CFA franc (CFA Franc BEAC) is the common currency of six CEMAC countries, issued by the Bank of Central African States and pegged to the euro.

Central African Empire

Central African Empire (1976–1979): monarchy proclaimed by Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Emperor Bokassa I, replacing the Central African Republic. Marked by a $25 million Napoleonic-style 1977 coronation in Bangui, single-party rule under MESAN, and ended by the Operation Barracuda coup of 21 September 1979 restoring the republic under David Dacko.

Central African Republic Civil War

Civil war in the Central African Republic beginning December 2012, when the mainly Muslim Séléka coalition overthrew François Bozizé and the largely Christian anti-balaka formed in response, producing sectarian killings, ethnic cleansing, MINUSCA peacekeeping, and the 2019 Khartoum Accord.

Central America under Mexican rule

Central America under Mexican rule was the period from January 1822 to July 1823 when the former Captaincy General of Guatemala was attached to the First Mexican Empire.

Central American Bank for Economic Integration

The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI, or BCIE) is a multilateral development bank founded in 1960, headquartered in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to finance Central American integration.

Central American Common Market

The Central American Common Market (CACM) is a customs union scheme among Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama, founded in 1960 and revived in the 1990s.

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Central American Constituent Congress

The Central American Constituent Congress (Congreso Constituyente de las Provincias Unidas del Centro de América) met in Guatemala City from 1823, proclaimed independence from Spain and Mexico, and wrote the federal constitution adopted in 1824.

Central American Court of Justice

The Central American Court of Justice (Corte Centroamericana de Justicia, CCJ) is the permanent judicial organ of the Central American Integration System, seated in Managua, Nicaragua.

Central American independence from Mexico

Central American independence from Mexico was the separation of the former Captaincy General of Guatemala from Agustín de Iturbide's Mexican Empire, completed on 1 July 1823.

Central American Integration System

The Central American Integration System (Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana, SICA) is Central America's regional integration framework, created in 1991 by the Tegucigalpa Protocol and based in San Salvador.

Central American migrant caravans

Central American migrant caravans are large groups of migrants, mostly from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, who travel together through Mexico toward the United States border.

Central American reunification

Central American reunification, also called the Central American Union, is the recurring project of reuniting the five former states of the Federal Republic of Central America into one polity.

Central Armed Police Forces

The Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) are seven armed police organizations of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs, responsible for border guarding and internal security.

Central Asian revolt of 1916

The Central Asian revolt of 1916 was an uprising against Russian colonial rule in Turkestan and the Steppe, triggered by a decree conscripting indigenous men for wartime labor.

Central bank

A central bank, or monetary authority, is a public institution holding the monopoly on issuing base money and setting short-term interest rates in a jurisdiction.

Central bank digital currency

A central bank digital currency (CBDC) is digital money issued as a direct liability of a central bank; 146 countries are exploring one, and The Bahamas, Jamaica, and Nigeria have launched retail versions.

Central bank independence

Central bank independence is the legal and practical insulation of central banks, such as the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank, from government instruction over monetary policy decisions.

Central Bank of Argentina

The Central Bank of Argentina (Banco Central de la República Argentina, BCRA) is Argentina's central bank, whose mandate since 2012 covers monetary stability, employment, and development with social equity.

Central Bank of Armenia

The Central Bank of Armenia is the national bank of Armenia, independent from state bodies, which has targeted inflation since 2006, lowering the target to 3% in 2025.

Central Bank of Azerbaijan

The Central Bank of Azerbaijan is the country's central bank and monetary authority, responsible for monetary and foreign exchange policy, issuing the manat, managing reserves, and supervising banks.