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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, typically a distant one, and then occupied by settlers from that 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.
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Ambassador extraordinaire and plenipotentiary
A diplomatic agent who is the personal representative of the head of one state accredited to the head of another state
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Démarche
A request or intercession with a foreign official, e.g., a request for support of a policy, or a protest about the host government’s policy or actions
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Annexation
The formal act of a state incorporating conquered foreign territory into its own jurisdiction. It is the forcible acquisition of a territory by one state at the expense of another done by either a unilateral declaration and the conquering of the territory or by the conclusion of a treaty.
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Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM)
The second in command at an embassy who becomes the chargé d'affaires in the ambassador's absence
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Bloc
A group of nations united by treaty or for the purposes of an agreement for mutual support in policies in one or more areas
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Diplomatic Agent
A generic term denoting a person who carries out regular diplomatic relations of the nation they represent within the nation to which they have been accredited
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Blockade
The isolation of a warring nation of an enemy area (such as a harbor) by troops or warships in order to prevent the passage of people or supplies. Any ships or aircrafts attempting to pass the blockade will be seized