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| Antiballistic Missile Treaty of 1972 | treaty wherein America and the Soviet Union agreed to limit antiballistic missile sites and interceptor missiles. |
| Brinkmanship | going close to the edge of an all out war in order to contain communism. |
| Cold war | an era of American foreign policy lasting from the end of World War II (1945) to the collapse of the Soviet Union (1991) where American policy was defined as containment of communism. |
| Collective security | agreement to form through treaties mutual defense arrangements, such as NATO, which guarantee that if one nation is attacked, other nations will come to its defense |
| Containment | official foreign policy of the United States between 1945 and 1991 that was predicated on stopping the spread of communism |
| Detente | a foreign policy started by Richard Nixon and supported by Ronald Reagan that resulted in an improvement of relations with the Soviet Union during the cold war. |
| Domino theory | suggestion that if one country fell to communism, others would fall like dominoes. |
| Eisenhower Doctrine | doctrine that stated readiness to use armed forces to aid Middle Eastern countries threatened by communist aggression. |
| Favorable balance of trade | refers to a country exporting more than they import. The United States has had an unfavorable balance of trade since World War II. |
| General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) | agreement wherein new trade barriers should be avoided by member nations, existing tariffs should be eliminated, and protective tariffs should be used only for emergency situations. |
| Global interdependence | the degree of linkage among the community of nations |
| Good neighbor policy | a foreign policy established by Franklin Roosevelt that aimed at improving relations with Latin America. |
| Intermediate Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty | agreement that called for destruction of a large part of the most dangerous nuclear warheads, the intermediate range missiles. |
| Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty of 1987 | agreement that provided for the dismantling of all Soviet and American medium- and short-range missiles and established a site inspection procedure. |
| International Monetary Fund (IMF) | a clearing house for member nations to discuss monetary issues and develop international plans and policies to deal with monetary issues. |
| Isolationism | United States foreign policy between World War I and World War II, which resulted in the United States staying out of European affairs. |
| Manifest Destiny | policy pursued in the early to late 1800s that was based upon the belief that it was God's will for the United States to expand its borders to the Pacific.. |
| New world order | President Bush's vision for world peace centering around the United States taking the lead to ensure that aggression be dealt with by a mutual agreement of the United Nations, NATO, and other countries acting in concert. |
| North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) | agreement that called for dramatic reductions of tariffs among the United States, Canada, and Mexico. |
| Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963 | agreement that banned atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons. |
| Partnership for peace | President Clinton announced in 1993 a policy that allowed for the gradual recognition of new member nations from the former Warsaw Pact |
| Return to normalcy | a campaign theme of Warren Harding referring to a belief that the United States should turn inward after World War I. |
| Strategic Arms Limitation Talk (SALT) Treaty | agreement signed by President Nixon in 1972 that resulted in the first arms reductions since the nuclear age began. |
| Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty of 1972 | known as SALT II, the treaty never passed the Senate as a result of Russia's invasion of Afghanistan. |
| Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty (START) of 1991 | treaty between the United States and Russia that agreed to major reductions in their nuclear arsenals. |
| Truman Doctrine | policy that supported people in Greece and Turkey in resisting communism after World War II. |
