Foreign and Defense Policymaking

3. George Kennan's proposition of isolating and containing the Soviet Union peacefully and only using force if needed
5. an economic alliance of the major Western European nations
6. the ratio of what a country pays for imports and earns from exports
7. laws and relations that deal with the rest of the world
9. a mutual reliance where actions reverberate and affect other people's economic lifelines
10. slow transformation from conflict thinking to cooperative thinking in foreign policy strategy
11. current is John Cary; acts as a key advisor to the president on foreign policy issues

1. created in 1945; 189 nations that denounce war and respect certain human and economic freedoms
2. manages a budget larger than any other nation and acts as the president's civiilian advisor on national defense matters
3. the arms race between the US and Soviet Union that was on the brink of becoming an all out war
4. created in 1949; US, Canada, and Western European nations that agree to combine military forces in times of war
8. named after Joseph McCarthy, the idea that Communism was conspiratorial, insidious, and infiltrating American Government
9. policy first articulated by George Washington that states the country should stay out of the conflicts of other nations.
12. created after WW2 to coordinate information gathering activities and evaluate intelligence
13. a tax placed on imported goods