| gun control |
the practice or policy of enacting and enforcing laws that impose stricter regulations on the sale, possession, and use of guns. |
| hawk1 |
(informal) a person who favors war or a warlike attitude as national policy. (Cf. dove1.) [1/5 definitions] |
| Hong Kong |
a region of southeast China containing Hong Kong Island as well as many other islands and the adjacent mainland. Hong Kong was a British colony from the 1840s until 1997 when it was reverted to Chinese rule as a "Special Administrative Region." While it is a part of China and controlled by the Chinese government on all matters related to defense and foreign affairs, Hong Kong operates with a great deal of autonomy, with its own legal system, police force, immigration policy, and currency. |
| imperialism |
the policy of extending the rule or authority of one nation over others by territorial acquisition or through economic or political dominance. [2/3 definitions] |
| insure |
to guarantee against loss or harm, as with an insurance policy. [3/6 definitions] |
| insured |
someone protected by an insurance policy. |
| interest group |
an organized group of individuals working together for a common cause, often formed to influence public policy or support the rights of a specific segment of the population. |
| internationalism |
the principle or policy of international cooperation, esp. economic and governmental. |
| isolationism |
a policy or doctrine whereby a nation or country elects not to involve itself in the affairs of other nations or countries. |
| isolationist |
of, pertaining to, or in accordance with a policy or doctrine whereby a nation or country elects not to involve itself in the affairs of other nations or countries. [2 definitions] |
| jingo |
a person who is boastfully and excessively patriotic, usu. advocating a belligerent foreign policy; chauvinist. [1/2 definitions] |
| John F. Kennedy |
the 35th President of the United States (1961-1963), who pursued a foreign policy of anti-Communism, established the Peace Corps, and worked for civil rights in the United States. He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963 (b.1917--d.1963). |
| judicial activism |
judicial practice based on the belief that courts may play a role in the creation of new policy by broadly interpreting and reinterpreting the language of the Constitution and other laws when doing so best enables the service of justice. |
| judicial restraint |
judicial practice based on the belief that courts should not influence the creation of new policy or laws and that they should only interfere with the laws of the legislature when they are deemed clearly unconstitutional. |
| laissez faire |
an economic policy or doctrine that opposes government interference in or regulation of business or commerce beyond what is necessary for a free-enterprise system to regulate itself. [2 definitions] |
| linchpin |
a person, policy, element, or the like that is crucial to the working of an organization or plan. [1/2 definitions] |
| mercantile |
of or pertaining to the economic policy by which nations have sought to establish supremacy by their dominant position in trade. [1/2 definitions] |
| Mikhail Gorbachev |
a statesman and leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991, during which time his foreign policy and domestic reforms contributed to the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Communist U.S.S.R. (b.1931). |
| militarism |
a policy that emphasizes military strength and preparedness. [2/3 definitions] |
| neutralism |
the policy of not taking sides in a dispute, esp. in an international conflict. |
| neutrality |
the foreign policy of a nation that refuses to take sides in an international dispute. [1/2 definitions] |