Term

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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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  Cable

  A written report exchanged between diplomatic missions, such as a consulate or an embassy, and the State Department.

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  Delegation

  A party or group sent to represent a state or another body at an international conference or gathering.

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  Consul

  A consular officer of high rank, often at the First Secretary level, within an embassy.

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  Dissident

  A person who opposes official policy, especially in an authoritarian state.

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  Consul-general

  A consular officer of the highest rank; senior official at the consulate general.

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  Doctrine

  A stated principle of government policy, mainly used in foreign and military affairs.

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  Consulate General

  A larger consulate with greater importance that is presided over by a consul-general.

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  Colonization

  The act of one country settling and establishing control of another country and then occupying it by settlers from the colonizing country.

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  Containment

  The basic strategy of containing Soviet power during the Cold War. This policy would "promote tendencies which must eventually find their outlet in either the break-up or the gradual mellowing of Soviet power." George Kennan, an American diplomat for the Department of State in the mid-1950s, is credited for conceiving this idea.