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Ch 15: Foreign Policy

Terms

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Attentive Public
That portion of the general public that pays attention to policy issues.
Military-Industrial Complex
The mutually beneficial relationship between the armed forces and defense contractors.
Foreign Policy Process
The steps by which foreign policy goals are decided and acted on.
Intelligence Community
The government agencies that gather information about the capabilities and intentions of foreign governments or that engage in convert actions.
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I)
A treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union to stabilize the nuclear arms competition between the two countries. SALT I talks began in 1969, and agreements were signed on May 26, 1972.
Foreign Policy
A nation's external goals and the techniques and strategies used to achieve them.
Monroe Doctrine
A policy statement made by President James Monroe in 1823, which set out three principles: (1) European nations should not establish new colonies in the Western Hemisphere, (2) European nations should not intervene in the affairs of independent nations of the Western Hemisphere, and (3) the United States would not interfere in the affairs of European nations.
Soviet Bloc
The Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries that installed Communist regimes after World War II and were dominated by the Soviet Union.
Political Realism
A philosophy that sees each nation acting principally in its own interest.
National Security Policy
Foreign and domestic policy designed to protect the nation's independence and political and economic integrity policy that is concerned with the safety and defense of the nation.
Diplomacy
The process by which states carry on political relations with each other settling conflicts among nations by peaceful means.
Technical Assistance
The practice of sending experts in such areas as agriculture, engineering, or business to aid other nations.
Cold War
The ideological, political, and economic confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union following World War II.
Normal Trade Relations (NTR) Status
A status granted through an international treaty by which each member nation must treat other members at least as well as it treats the country that receives its most favorable treatment. This status was formerly known as most-favored-nation status.
Iron Curtain
The term used to describe the division of Europe between the Soviet bloc and the West coined by Winston Churchill.
Moral Idealism
A philosophy that sees nations as normally willing to cooperate and to agree on moral standards for conduct.
Negative Constituents
Citizens who openly oppose the government's policies.
Isolationist Foreign Policy
A policy of abstaining from an active role in international affairs or alliances, which characterized U.S. foreign policy toward Europe during most of the 1800s.
Defense Policy
A subset of national security policies having to do with the U.S. armed forces.
Détente
A French word meaning a relaxation of tensions. The term characterized U.S.-Soviet relations as they developed under President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
Containment
A U.S. diplomatic policy adopted by the Truman administration to contain Communist power within its existing boundaries.
Truman Doctrine
The policy adopted by President Harry Truman in 1947 to halt Communist expansion in southeastern Europe.

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