chapter 17: Foreign Policy

a situation in which all powers of the world are balanced militarily

where all trade relations are somewhat balanced, reciprocal, and mutually beneficial

period shortly after world war 2 until 1989-1990 where advanced industrial democracies divided behind the Soviet Union in the East and the Western United States

formal relations between countries

government’s goal in dealing with other countries and the strategies used to achieve them

policy where a country has unfiltered access to another country’s market and goods and services freely flow across borders

the use of military power and influence to the behavior of another country

cross-national military organization with bases in Belgium and Germany formed to maintain stability in Europe

nonmilitary tools used to influence another country such as economic sanctions

an international organization of nation-states that seek to promote peace, international relations, and economic and environmental programs

an international agreement that is not a treaty and that is negotiated by the president and approved by a simple majority of the House and Senate

an international agreement that is negotiated and approved by the president acting alone

an international agreement entered but the united States that requires presidential negotiations with other nations consent by 2/3 of The senate, and final ratification by the president.

the thesis by Wildavsky that there are two distinct presidencies, of for foreign and one for domestic policy, and that presidents are ore successful in foreign than domestic policy.

the effort by the united states and western European allies, begun during the Cold War, prevent the spread of communism

a foreign policy approach that advocates a nation’s staying out of foreign entanglements and keeping to itself

a foreign policy approach of becoming proactively engaged in world affairs by cooperating in a community of nations

the belief that, rather than exercising restraint, the united states should aggressively use its might to promote its values and ideals around the world

a policy of distancing the united states from the united nations and other international organizations, while still participating in the world economy

a policy of retaining a strong military presence and remaining engaged across the world