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| the effort to forestall war by giving in to the demands of a hostile power |
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| treaties made between two nations |
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| foreign policy based on the idea that the United States should take preemptive action against threats to its national security |
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| the period of struggle between the United States and the former Soviet Union lasting from the late 1940s to about 1990 |
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| a policy designed to curtail the political and military expansion of a hostile power |
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| the development and maintenance of military strength as a means of discouraging attack |
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| the representation of a government to foreign governments |
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| an agreement, made between the president and another country, that has the force of a treaty but does not require the Senate's "advice and consent |
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| General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) |
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| international trade organization, in existence from 1947 to 1995, that set many of the rules governing international trade |
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| International Monetary Fund (IMF) |
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| an institution established in 1944 that provides loans and facilitates international monetary exchange |
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| avoidance of involvement in the affairs of other nations |
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| political entities consisting of people with some common cultural experience (nation) who also share a common political authority (state), recognized by other sovereignties (nation-states) |
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| groups other than nation-states that attempt to play a role in the international system. Terrorist groups are one type of non-state actor |
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| North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) |
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| trade treaty among the United States, Canada, and Mexico to lower and eliminate tariffs among the three countries |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) |
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| an organization, comprising the United States, Canada, and most of Western Europe, formed in 1948 to counter the perceived threat from the Soviet Union |
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| policy of striking first when a nation fears that a foreign foe is contemplating hostile action |
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| an organization of nations founded in 1945 to be as a channel for negotiation and a means of settling international disputes peaceably. The UN has had frequent successes in providing a forum for negotiation and on some occasions a means of preventing international conflicts from spreading. On a number of occasions, the UN has supported U.S. foreign policy goals |
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| World Trade Organization (WTO) |
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| international organization promoting free trade that grew out of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
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