17. Foreign Policy and National Defense

17. Foreign Policy and National Defense.

Foreign Affairs and National Security.

Other Foreign and Defense Agencies.

American Foreign Policy Overview.

Foreign Aid and Defense Alliances.

domestic affairs

domestic affairsevents at home

foreign affairs

foreign affairsnation’s relationships with other nations

isolationism

isolationisma purposeful refusal to become generally involved

in the affairs of the rest of the world

foreign policy

foreign policymake up of all of the stands and actions that a

nation takes in every aspect of its relationships with other countries – diplomatic, military

right of legation

right of legationthe right to send and receive diplomatic

representatives

ambassador

ambassadoran official representative of the United States

appointed by the President to represent the nation in matters of diplomacy

diplomatic immunity

diplomatic immunity

not subject to the laws of the state to which they are accredited

espionage

espionagespying

terrorism

terrorismuse of violence to intimidate a government or a

society, usually for political or ideological reasons

draft

draftcalled a conscription or compulsory service

collective security

collective security

most nations would agree to act together against any nation that threatened the peace

deterrence

deterrencestrategy of maintaining the military might of the

U.S. at so great a level that very strength will deter or discourage an attack on this country by any

hostile power

cold war

cold wara period of more than 40 years during which

relations between the two superpowers were at least tense and more often than not distinctly

hostile

containment

containmentif communism could be kept within its existing

boundaries, it would collapse under the weight of its own internal weaknesses

detente

detente“a relaxation of tensions”

foreign aid

foreign aideconomic and military aid to other countries

regional security alliance

regional security alliance

mutual defense treaties; take a collective action to meet aggression in a particular part of the world

UN Security Council

UN Security Council

15 members(U.S. Britain, France, Russia, China…)

Foreign Policy and National Defense.

The First American Diplomat.

Osama bin Laden.

Voices on Government.

From Here to There.

Civilian Control of the Military.

The Changing Face of the United States Army.

Interpreting Political Cartoons.

Should Women Serve in the Military?

International Ice Patrol (IIP).

Increased Security.

NASA.

Marquis de Lafayette.

President Theodore Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy.

A Hard-Fought Victory.

Niccolo Machiavelli.

West and East Berlin.

Remembering.

Perspectives.

Clean Water.

The NATO Alliance Today.

Division in the Middle East.

United Nation’s Headquarters, New York City.

UNICEF Expenditures by Priorities.

Analyzing Political Cartoons.

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