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Policy that INVOLVES CHOICE TAKING about RELATIONS with the rest of the world.

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foreign policy

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1945, currently included 192 member nations, with a central peacekeeping

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united nations

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regional organization 1949, by nations including the united states, canada, and most western european nations for mutual defense

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north atlantic treaty organization

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transitional gov composed for most european nations that coordinates monetary, trade, immigration and labor policies

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European union

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Head of department of the state and traditionally the key adviser to the president on foreign policy

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secretary of state

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head of the defense department and presidents key advisor on military

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Secretary of defense

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group that consists of the commanding officers of each of the armed services, a chairperson, and advises the president on military policy.

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joint chiefs

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agency, created after WWll to coordinate american intelligence activities abroad and to collect, analyze, and evaluate intelligence

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central intelligence agency

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FOREIGN POLICY course the united states followed throughout most of its history wherby it tried to stay out of other nations conflicts, particularly European wars

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isolationism

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FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY advocated by GEORGE KENNAN- called for us to isolate the soviet union

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containment doctrine

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hositility between the Us and the Soviet union, which often brought them to the brink of war

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Cold War

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tense relationship begining in 1950’s between the soviet union and the United states whereby one sides weaponary became the other sides goad to procedure more weaponary

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arms race

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1970’s, that sought relaxtion of tensions between the US and the soviet union

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détente

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mutual reliance, ECONOMIC REALM, in which actions in nations reverberate and affect the economic well-being of people in other nations

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interdependency

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speacial tax added to imported goods to raise theri price,

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tariff

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The ratio of what is paid for imports to what is earned from exports. “when more is paid than earned, there is a balance-of-trade deficit”

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balance of trade

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Economic organization consisting primarily of middle Eastern nations that seek to control the amount of oil its members produce and sell.

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orgaization of pertroleum exporting countries