Chapter 16: Foreign Policy Since 1972

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  1. 5. The founder of al-Qaeda, the organization that claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States.
  2. 8. Doctrine A strategy implemented by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to oppose the global influence of the Soviet Union during the final years of the Cold War
  3. 12. A political scandal in the United States that came to light in 1985, when it was revealed that senior government officials had secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, which was the subject of an arms embargo.
  4. 13. A diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States in which 52 American citizens were held hostage for 444 days from 1979 to 1981 after a group of Iranian students took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
  5. 14. The process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.
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  1. 1. A war waged from 1990 to 1991 by a U.S.-led coalition against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.
  2. 2. A peace treaty signed in 1978 between Israel and Egypt that was brokered by the United States.
  3. 3. An intergovernmental organization that regulates international trade.
  4. 4. A policy of openness and transparency in the activities of government institutions and freedom of information, introduced in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s by Mikhail Gorbachev.
  5. 6. A militant Sunni Islamist multi-national organization founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and several other Arab volunteers during the Soviet-Afghan War.
  6. 7. Agreements by the United States and Panama in 1977 and 1979 to transfer control of the Panama Canal to Panama by 2000.
  7. 9. An agreement among the United States, Canada, and Mexico designed to remove tariff barriers between the three countries.
  8. 10. A major political scandal in the United States involving abuse of power and obstruction of justice during the Nixon administration.
  9. 11. A protracted armed conflict that began in 2003 with the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and the subsequent overthrow of Saddam Hussein's government.
  10. 15. An intergovernmental organization that aims to manage the supply of oil in an effort to set the price on the world market, in order to avoid fluctuations that might affect the economies of both producing and purchasing countries.