A | B |
Domestic Affairs | Events that occur on our home territory |
Foreign Affairs | The nation's relationships with other nations |
Isolationism | A purposeful refusal to become generally involved in the affairs of the rest of the world |
Foreign Policy | Made up of all the stands and actions that a nation takes ine very aspect of its realtionships with other countries |
Right of Legation | The right to send and receive diplomatic representatives |
Ambassador | An official representative of the US appoints by the President to represent the nation in matters of diplomacy |
Espionage | Spying |
Terrorism | Th use of violence to intimidate a government or a society |
Draft | Compulsory military service |
Collective Security | Most nations would agree to act together against any nation that threatened peace |
Deterrence | THe strategy of maintaining the military might of the US at so great a level that that very strength will deter |
Cold War | War were things are tense, but not necessarily hostile |
Containment | Belief that if an idea in contained in boundaries, it will collapse under the weight of its own internal weaknesses |
Foreign Aid | Economic and military aid to other countries |
Regional Security Alliance | Built on mutual defense treaties |
UN Security Council | Carries the major responsibility for maintaining international peace |