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  Secretary of State

  The head of the State Department who is responsible for foreign affairs

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  Sovereignty

  Supreme and independent power or authority in government as possessed or claimed by a state or community

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  Interest Section

  The office responsible for protecting the interests of the United States, housed in a third country embassy, in a country with which the United States has no formal diplomatic relations

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  Protectorate

  A Protectorate, or protected state when referring to a territory subject to this arrangement, is an autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity. The protectorate retains formal sovereignty and remains a state under international law, but in exchange for this, they usually accept specified obligations that vary depending on the nature of their relationship.

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  International Law

  A body of rules established by custom or treaty and recognized by nations as binding in their relationships with one another

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  Public Diplomacy

  Diplomatic outreach and engagement intended to affect public opinion in a foreign country to further U.S. foreign policy objectives

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  Isolationism

  The policy of nonparticipation in contentious international matters. U.S. foreign policy centered around isolationism throughout the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth. The policy was abandoned after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, bringing the United States into World War II.

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  Rapprochement

  When states put aside previous difficulties and establish or pursue the resumption of cordial relations

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  Insurgents

  A person who revolts against civil authority or an established government

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  Imperialism

  The practice of extending power and dominion by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas