POLS 1100: CHAPTER 18 - FOREIGN AND DEFENCE POLICY
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Foreign policy
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the programs and principles that direct the government's interactions with the rest of the world
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Defense policy
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the decisions about scale/use of military force for national security
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isolationism
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a policy avoiding political or military agreements with other countries
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Farewell Address
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washington's address at end to presidency warning against permanent alliances for emerging nation
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Monroe Doctrine
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presidential message that said that Europe should not interfere in the affairs of Latin America and the US would not interfere in European Affairs.
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tariffs
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taxes levied on trade items
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Manifest Destiny
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often Manifest Destiny The 19th-century doctrine that the United States had the right and duty to expand throughout the North American continent.
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Roosevelt Corollary
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Roosevelts reassertion of the Monroe Doctrine to ensure stability in Latin America and the Carribean
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collective security
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the idea that an attack on one state by another should be understood as an attack on all states.
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UN Security Counsil
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A principal part of the United nations charged with authorizing peacekeeping operations, international sanctions, and military action in order to maintain global peace and security
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Bretton Woods System
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Set of post World War 2 agreements and organizations for managing the international economy
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international monetary fund
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an international organization of 187 member nations that promotes international economic cooperation and stable growth
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World Bank
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Loans to less developed countries to help them grow, gets money from private states, headed by an American. Originally post WWII econstruction
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General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
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An international institution created in 1947 in which member countries committed to reduce barriers to trade and to provide similar trading conditions to all members
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Containment
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the U.S foreign policy that tried to stop the spread of communism abroad
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Truman Doctrine
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US anti-communist policy initiated in 1947 that became the basis of US foreign policy throughout the Cold War.
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Marshall plan
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European collective recovery program, named after Secretary of State George C. Marshall, that provided extensive American aid to Western Europe after WWII
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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United States, Canada, and most of Western Europe formed an organization to counter the perceived threat from the Soviet Union.
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Berlin wall
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built 1961 by soviets, mostly to keep people from leaving East Germany, where they enforced a communist one-party state due to lack of popular cooperation
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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1962 crisis that arose between the United States and the Soviet Union over and Soviet attempt to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba
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Détente
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relaxed relations between US and Soviet Union
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Human rights
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Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
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Reagan Doctrine
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Policy of attacking communism before it could attack and enslave a country
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Contras
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The Nicaraguan rebel anti-communist forces, supported by the U.S.
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Democratic enlargement
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Policy implemented during the Clinton administration in which the United States would actively promote the expansion of democracy and free markets trhrough the world
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World trade organization
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promote trade around world
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European Union
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A union of 27 European countries that forms an economic and political entity.
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Global war on terrorism
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An international action, initiated by President GeorgeW. Bush after the 9/11 attacks, to weed out terrorist operatives throughout the world
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taliban
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a strict muslim group in afghanistan that imposed rigid rules on society
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Department of State
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Chief executive branch department responsible for formulation and implementation of US foreign policy
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Department of Defense
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Chief Executive branch department responsible for formulation and implementation of US defense and military policy
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Military advisory body that includes the Army chief of staff, the Air Force chief of staff, the chief of naval perations, and the Marine commandant
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Department of Homeland Security
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Cabinet department created after the 9/11 terrorist attacks to coordinate domestic security efforts.
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War Powers Resolution (1973)
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restraints on power as Commander-in-chief
(when possible) must consult w/ Congress when sending troops
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Military-Industrial Complex
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The network of political and financial relations formed by defense industries
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protectionism
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gov intervention to protect domestic producers from foreign competition, take the form of tariffs
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Strategic trade policy
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theory that suggests that strategic intervention by governments in certain industries can enhance their odds of international success
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Free Trade System
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A system of international trade with limited government interference
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North American Free Trade Agreement
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Agreement that promotes free movement of goods and services among Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
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POLS 1100: CHAPTER 18 - FOREIGN AND DEFENCE POLICY