Glossary words

4. undertaken among three or more entities, usually countries. The term frequently describes organizations such as the United Nations.
6. head of the Department of Justice and chief lawyer of the U.S. government. Among other duties, they offer advice on the legal aspects of proposed policies to the president and other department heads.
8. involving two or more agencies. The National Security Council (NSC), for example, is an interagency forum, not a forum internal to any one agency.
9. the president’s principal advisor for intelligence-related matters and the head of the intelligence community, a network of seventeen agencies and organizations, such as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), that collect and analyze information to assist policymaking.
10. a tax on goods arriving from a foreign country, generally used as a tool of trade and foreign policy to penalize adversaries or favor allies or domestic producers.

1. undertaken by only one entity, generally a country.
2. a country’s attitudes and actions in the international arena.
3. undertaken between two entities, generally countries.
5. the principal defense policy advisor to the president and head of the Department of Defense, which oversees the formulation and execution of defense policy and manages U.S. military forces.
7. The president’s chief foreign affairs advisor, the country’s chief diplomat, and the head of the Department of State, which conducts the United States’ relationships with foreign countries and international organizations.