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| Domestic Affairs | All matters not directly connected to the realm of foreign affairs. |
| Foreign Affairs | A nation’s relationships with other countries. |
| Isolationism | A purposeful refusal to become generally involved in the affairs of the rest of the world. |
| Foreign Policy | A group of policies made up of all the stands and actions that a nation takes in every aspect of its relationships with the countries; everything a nation’s government says and does in world affairs. |
| Rights of Legation | The right to send and receive diplomatic representatives. |
| Ambassador | An official representative of the United States appointed by the President to represent the nation in matters of diplomacy. |
| Diplomatic Immunity | When an ambassador in not subject to the laws of the state to which they are accredited. |
| Espionage | Spying |
| Terrorism | The use of violence to intimidate a government or society. |
| Draft | Conscription or compulsory military service. |
| Collective Security | The keeping of international peace and order. |
| Deterrence | The policy of making America and its allies so military strong that their very strength will discourage, or prevent, any attack. |
| Cold War | A Period of more than 40 years during which relations between the two superpowers were at least tense, and often hostile; a time of threats and military build up. |
| Containment | A policy based in the belief that if communism could be kept within its existing boundaries, it would collapse under the weight of its internal weaknesses. |
| Detente | A relaxation of tensions. |
| Foreign Aid | Economic and military aid to other countries. |
| Regional Security Alliances | Treaties in which the U.S. and other countries involved have agreed to take collective action to meet aggression in a particular part of the world. |
| UN Security Council | A 15-member panel which bears the UN’s major responsibility for keeping international peace. |
