a government's strategy in dealing with other nations

The practice of conducting negotiations between countries

an official representative of a country

the head of the State Department; president's top foreign official/advisor

a formal agreement between the governments of two or more countries

restrictions intended to enforce international law

(1914 - 1918) European war in which an alliance including Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States defeated the alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, and Bulgaria

(1939 - 1945) A war fought in Europe, Africa and Asia between the Allied Powers of Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States against the Axis Powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan

a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership

A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production

An economic system based on private ownership of property (capital)

the power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II

1961 failed invasion of Cuba by a CIA-led force of Cuban exiles

The 1962 confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba