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29 Cards in this Set
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central regions for US foreign policy |
central america and carribean |
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foreign policy tools |
economic, military, diplomacy |
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most important international organization |
UN |
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regional organizations examples |
warsaw pact, nato, EU |
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nation's foremost diplomat |
secretary of state |
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country desk |
specialized roles within the state department focusing on each country |
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president's principal civilian advisor on the military |
secretary of defense |
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joint chiefs of staff |
commanding officers of each branch of the armed branches along with chairperson and vice chairperson |
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government body that coordinates american foreign policy and military policy |
national security council |
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colonel oliver north |
orchestrated Iran-Contra affair |
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famous covert operation carried out by CIA |
overthrow of governments in Iran and Guatemala |
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isolationism |
US stays out of other nations conflicts |
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who advocated for isolationism |
George Washington |
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Monroe Doctrine |
supported isolationism |
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who pushed for the establishment of the League of Nations |
Woodrow Wilson |
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what ended the US policy of isolationism |
WW1 |
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who was the first country to use nuclear weapons |
US |
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detente |
relaxing of tensions after Cold War |
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who was the first american president to visit communist china |
Richard Nixon |
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one of the difficulties against the war on terrorism |
open society |
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which president brought the most significant decline in defense spending? |
John F Kennedy |
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totsl force concept |
the largest component of the US military is the reserves and national guard |
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economic sanctions |
main tool western countries have used against Iran's nuclear weapon program |
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what percent of the US federal budget goes towards foreign aid |
1% |
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which country has abandoned the race for nuclear weapons? |
Sweden |
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who was the first secretary of state? |
Thomas Jefferson |
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who was caught selling missiles to Iran and using the money to fund a secret war against nicaragua |
members of national security council |
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preemption |
US asserts the right to prevent hostile states from using their weapons of mass destruction against the US |
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who has supported the increased defense spending for the war on terrorism |
liberals |
