A | B |
attack or threat of attack by another country | aggression |
keeping a strong defense to discourage aggression by other nations | deterrence |
relations and communications carried out between countries | diplomacy |
a meeting were heads of state talk about important issues | summit meeting |
programs giving military and economic help to other countries | foreign aid |
measures to stop or limit trade with another nation in order to change its behavior | sanctions |
information about another country and what its government plans to do | intelligence |
plans for guiding our nation's relationships with other countries | foreign policy |
ability to keep the nation safe from harm | national security |
how much of a foreign good can be traded in that country | quota |
taxes on imports | tariffs |
gathers intelligence on other countries | Central Intelligence Agency |
a group of officials that advise the President on matters of the country's safety | National Security Council |
the director of the National Security Council | National Security Adviser |
a foreign policy that seeks to limit relations with other countries as much as possible | Isolationism |
a foreign policy of not taking sides in wars between other countries | Neutrality |
a foreign policy of using military power and money to prevent the spread of communism | containment |
loosening of tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union | Detente |
warned European nations not to create more colonies in the western hemisphere | Monroe Doctrine |
an organization developed after World War I to help create peace | League of Nations |