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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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