Keeping a strong defense to discourage aggression by other nations

Measures to stop or limit trade with another nation in order to change its behavior

A foreign policy that seeks to limit relations with other countries as much as possible

A foreign policy of using military power and money to prevent the spread of communism

A foreign policy of not taking sides in wars between countries

Loosening of tensions between the U.S and Soviet Union

Information about another county and what its government plans to do

The power to make and carry out laws within a nation's borders

Pride people feel in their shared history and a loyalty to their nation

A system under which the central government owns and controls economic resources

The struggle much like a real war but with no armed battles between the U.S and Soviet Union

The relations and communications carried out between countries

A territory ruled by a more powerful nation called a colonial power