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Chapter 14: Foreign
Foreign Policy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Foreign Policy | a nation's set of plans and procedures for dealing with foreign countries |
| isolationism | a policy of avoiding involvement in foreign affairs |
| embassies | diplomatic centers that nations maintain in other countries around the world |
| treaty | formal agreement between nations |
| defense alliance | an agreement to come to another nation's aid in the event of an attack |
| economic sanctions | the policy of withholding money or banning trade with a country and its allies in order to bring about social or political change in that country |
| just war theory | the idea that a state may justly go to war under certain specific circumstances and must limit its conduct according to certain standards |
| presidential doctrines | statements made by the President that guide the direction of U.S. foreign policy |
| Monroe Doctrine | President James Monroe's statement forbidding further colonization in the Americas and declaring that any attempt by a foreign country to colonize would be considered an act of hostility |
| deterrence | the policy of building up the U.S. armed forces in order to discourage acts of military aggression by other nations |
| containment | adopted in the late 1940s to stop the spread of Communism by providing economic and military aid to countries opposing the Soviet Union |
| detente | a policy of relaxing of tensions between the US and Soviet Union |
| preemptive strike | the use of force before a potential attack occurs |
| democratization | promoting that establishment of democratic governments in other nations in other nations |
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