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Worldviews
A comprehensive opinion on how the US should respond to world problems
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Isolationism
The belief that the US should withdraw from world affairs
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Containment
The belief that the US should resist the expansion of aggressive nations, especially the former Soviet Union
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Disengagement
The belief that the US was harmed by its war in Vietnam and so should avoid supposedly similar events
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Human rights
The belief that we should try to improve the lives of people in other countries
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Polarization
A deep and wide conflict over some government policy
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Military-industrial complex
An alleged alliance between military leaders and corporate leaders
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Bipolar world
A political landscape with two superpowers
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Unipolar world
A political landscape with one superpower
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Cost overruns
When the money actually paid to military suppliers exceeds the estimated costs
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Gold plating
The tendency of Pentagon officials to ask weapons contractors to meet excessively high requirements
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Diplomacy
TForeign Policy Processhe process of settling conflicts among nations by peaceful means.
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Foreign Policy Process
The steps by which foreign policy goals are decided and acted on
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Monroe Doctrine
A policy statement made by President James Monroe in 1823, which set out three principles: 1) European nations should not establish new colonies in the Western Hemisphere, 2) European nations should not intervene in the affairs of independent nations of the Western Hemisphere, and 3) the United States would not interfere in the affairs of European nations.
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Isolationist Foreign Policy
A policy of abstaining from an active role in international affairs or alliances, which characterized U.S. foreign policy toward Europe during most of the 1800s.
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Moral Idealism
A philosophy that views nations as normally willing to cooperate and to agree on moral standards for conduct.
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Political Realism
A philosophy that views each nation as acting principally in its own interest
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