| A | B |
|---|
| Ambassador | Chief diplomatic official at an embassy |
| Bilateral Alliance | Security agreements between two nations |
| Collective Security | Ensuring peace through the guarantee of mutual defense |
| Consul | Chief commerce official at a consulate |
| Consulate | Commercial centers in foreign countries |
| Containment | Reflects idealists and realists principles in preventing the spread of Communism |
| Defense Alliance | Agreements in which nations pledge to come to each other’s aid in case of attack |
| Détente | French for “relaxation” |
| Developed Nation | Wealthy, “1st world” countries |
| Developing Nation | Poorer, “3rd world” countries |
| Embassy | Diplomatic centers in foreign countries |
| Glasnost | Russian program calling for greater openness |
| Isolationist | A view that a nation should tend to its domestic affairs rather than international affairs |
| Internationalist | A view of taking a more active role in international affairs |
| Multilateral Treaty | An agreement signed by several countries |
| National Security | Protecting the rights, freedoms, and properties of the United States and its people |
| Nuclear Proliferation | The spread in the ownership of nuclear weapons |
| Perestroika | Russian program calling for economic restructuring |
| Presidential Doctrine | A guideline set by the president that steers foreign policy |
| Refugee | People who flee their community or country to escape war or for economic or political reasons |
