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| Foreign policy | consists of the strategies and goals that guide a nation’s relations with other countries and groups in the world. |
| The National Security Council (NSC) | Helps the President integrate foreign, military and economic policies that affect national security |
| National security | the protection of the nation’s borders and territories against invasion or control by foreign powers. |
| The principal goal of American foreign policy | preserve the country’s national security |
| The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) | Coordinates the gathering and analysis of information that flows into the U.S. government. |
| The Department of Defense (DOD) | Advises the President on foreign policy, specializing in defense policy. Headquarters is the Pentagon. |
| Joint Chiefs of Staff | Heads of military agencies and chair. |
| Foreign Policy Tools | Diplomacy, Foreign Aid, & Military Force |
| Economic Aid | Countries donate or loan money to other counties to boost economic development. |
| Military Aid | Countries donate, sell, or trade military equipment and technology to affect the military balance of power in certain key regions of the world |
| Foriegn aid | makes up 1% of the federal budget |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): | an international alliance that consists of 29 member states from North America and Europe created in 1949 after WWII. Members pledge to come to the aid of one another |
| World Trade Organization (WTO) | an intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade. |
| The United Nations (UN) | Created in 1945 to promote world peace after WWII. |
| unilaterally | The countries act alone, without the assistance or consent of any other country. |
| bilaterally | the country acts with another ( ex. exchange ambassadors) r |
| multilaterally | The country works in conjunction with several other countries. ( UN, NATO, NAFTA) |
| Isolationists | people who advocate a strategy of largely ignoring the rest of the world |
| internationalist/ interventionist | people who advocate taking an active role in world affairs |
| general assembly and security council | Parts of the United Nations |
| United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France, and China | Permanent members of UN Security Council |
| The World Health Organization (WHO) | is part of the United Nations. the world.; also conducts research on public health issues and directs the UN’s efforts to fight and prevent disease in nations around |
| Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) | organizations that have private donations to help with social jutice, environmental issues, or disaster relief |
| imports | goods brought into the country |
| exports | goods sent out of the country |
| Comparative advantage | is the ability to produce something at a lower opportunity cost than another country can |
| Protectionism | is the use of tactics that make imported goods more expensive than domestic goods |
| tariffs | a tax on import goods |
| Import quotas | : a “non-tariff trade barrier” that limits the amount of a particular good that enters a country. |
| Subsidies | a payment or other benefit given by government to help a domestic producer. I |
| agriculture | What industry is heavily subsidized in the US |
| The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA | an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America |
| Brexit | British Exit from the European Union |
| European Union | creates a large free trade zone. Within this area, goods, services, and workers can travel freely across national borders |
| euro | common currency of the EU |
| trade surplus | A positive balance of trade |
| trade deficit | When a nation imports more than it exports, it has a negative balance of trade |
| State Department | What cabinet department overseas foreign policy, foreign relations and ambassadors |
| tariffs are assessed on | imports |
| United Kingdom | the country that wants to leave the EU |
