20 Flashcards
Policy that INVOLVES CHOICE TAKING about RELATIONS with the rest of the world.
foreign policy
1945, currently included 192 member nations, with a central peacekeeping
united nations
regional organization 1949, by nations including the united states, canada, and most western european nations for mutual defense
north atlantic treaty organization
transitional gov composed for most european nations that coordinates monetary, trade, immigration and labor policies
European union
Head of department of the state and traditionally the key adviser to the president on foreign policy
secretary of state
head of the defense department and presidents key advisor on military
Secretary of defense
group that consists of the commanding officers of each of the armed services, a chairperson, and advises the president on military policy.
joint chiefs
agency, created after WWll to coordinate american intelligence activities abroad and to collect, analyze, and evaluate intelligence
central intelligence agency
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
isolationism
FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY advocated by GEORGE KENNAN- called for us to isolate the soviet union
containment doctrine
hositility between the Us and the Soviet union, which often brought them to the brink of war
Cold War
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
arms race
1970’s, that sought relaxtion of tensions between the US and the soviet union
détente
mutual reliance, ECONOMIC REALM, in which actions in nations reverberate and affect the economic well-being of people in other nations
interdependency
speacial tax added to imported goods to raise theri price,
tariff