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13 Cards in this Set
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UN Security Council
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a 15 member panel which bears the UN's major responsiblity for keeping international peace pg 496
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Regional Security Alliances
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Treaties in which the US and other countries involved have agreed to take collective action to meet aggression in a particular part of the world. pg492
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Diplomatic Immunity
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When an Ambassador is not subjected to the law of the state to which they are accredited p471
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Draft
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compulsory military service pg 480
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Containment
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A policy based on the belief that if communism could be kept within it's boundries, it would collapse under the weight of it's internal weakness
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Foreign Policy
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A group of polices made up of all the stands and actions that a nation takes in every aspect of it's relationships with other countries; everything a nation government says and does in world affairs
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Domestic Affairs
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All matters not directly connected to the relm of foreign affairs
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Collective security
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The keeping of international peace and order.
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Espionage
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Spying
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Foreign Aid
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Economic and Military aid to other countries
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Right on Legation
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The right to send and receive diplomatic representatives
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Cold War
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A period of over 40 years during which relations between two superpowers, were at least tense and/or hostile
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Deterrence
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The policy of meking America and it's allies so military strong that their strength will discourage an attack
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