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  Embassy of Indonesia Ottawa - Foreign Relations
Foreign Relations are all activities having regional and international aspects that are conducted by the central and regional governments and their agencies or state institutions, enterprises, political organizations, community organizations, non-governmental organizations, and Indonesian citizens.
Foreign Policy is the policy, attitude, and steps taken by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia in pursuance of relations with other states, international organizations, and other international legal subjects in the context of dealing with international issues in order to attain the national objective.
Authority for conducting Foreign Relations and implementing the Foreign Policy of the Government of the Republic of Indonesia is vested in the President, whereas the declaration of war, establishment of peace, and conclusion of treaties with other countries shall require the approval of the House of Representatives.
www.indonesia-ottawa.org /page.php?s=1000f_relations   (2140 words)

  
  Foreign relations of Iran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Relations with the European Union have dramatically improved to the point where Iran is a major oil exporter and trading partner for countries such as Italy, France, and Germany.
Iran and Iraq restored diplomatic relations in 1990 but are still trying to work out written agreements settling outstanding disputes from their eight-year war concerning border demarcation, prisoners-of-war, and freedom of navigation and sovereignty over the Shatt-al-Arab waterway.
Relations with the states of the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), especially with Saudi Arabia, have improved in recent years.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Iran   (1406 words)

  
 Foreign relations of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The current Secretary of State is Condoleezza Rice; the Secretary of State is the foreign minister of the United States and is the primary conductor of state-to-state diplomacy.
During the Cold War, U.S. foreign policy sought to limit the influence of the Soviet Union around the world, leading to the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and diplomatic actions like the opening of China and establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
United States foreign policy is influenced by the efforts of the U.S. government to halt imports of illicit drugs, including cocaine, heroin, and marijuana.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_United_States   (1809 words)

  
 Kids.net.au - Encyclopedia Foreign relations of France -
De Gaulle’s foreign policy was centered around an attempt to limit the power and influence of both superpowers, and at the same time increase France’s international prestige.
The close relations between the French government and the governments of a number of Arab states have not done anything to reduce attacks on French citizens.
Relations between the United States and France are active and cordial.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/fo/Foreign_relations_of_France   (2629 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Foreign relations of Taiwan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The DPP is attempting to establish diplomatic relations with Mongolia, but this move is controversial because it is widely seen as a prelude for renouncing ROC sovereignty over Mainland China thereby declaring Taiwan independence.
Although Singapore switched diplomatic relations to the PRC in 1992, it maintains close military ties and Singaporean soldiers are sometimes sent to Taiwan to train.
Diplomatic representation from the US Official diplomatic relations are currently nonexistent; unofficial commercial and cultural relations with the people on Taiwan are maintained through a private corporation, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), which has its headquarters in Rosslyn, Virginia.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Foreign-relations-of-Taiwan   (1608 words)

  
 Foreign relations of Ukraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ukraine considers Euro-Atlantic integration its primary foreign policy objective, but in practice balances its relationship with Europe and the United States with strong ties to Russia.
Relations with Russia are complicated by energy dependence and by payment arrears.
However, relations have improved with the 1998 ratification of the bilateral Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Ukraine   (437 words)

  
 China Information-Foreign Relations
It is ready to establish diplomatic relations with all foreign governments which are willing to observe the principles of equality, mutual benefit and respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.” There is only one China in the world.
Any country seeking to establish diplomatic relations with China must show its readiness to sever all diplomatic relations with the Taiwan authorities and recognize the government of the PRC as the sole legal government of China.
The current minister of Foreign Affairs of The People’s Republic of China is Tang Jiaxuan; the current special commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the HKSAR is Ma Yuzhen; and the current special commissioner of the ministry of Foreign Affairs in the MSAR is Yuan Tao.
www.asia-planet.net /china/foreign-relations.htm   (1181 words)

  
 LII: Law about...Foreign Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Foreign relations law of the United States encompasses both International Law, which embodies the rules that determine the rights and obligations of states and international organizations, and that part of the domestic law of the United States that involves matters of significant concern to the foreign relations of the United States.
The domestic portion of foreign relations law primarily consists of federal law: The President is empowered under the Constitution to nominate and (upon the Senate's approval) appoint ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls.
For example, many foreign nationals who are present in the United states are subject to state law in ways that can have important consequences for U.S. foreign relations.
straylight.law.cornell.edu /topics/foreign_relations.html   (433 words)

  
 Foreign relations - Wex
Foreign relations law of the United States encompasses both International Law, which embodies the rules that determine the rights and obligations of states and international organizations, and that part of the domestic law of the United States that involves matters of significant concern to the foreign relations of the United States.
The domestic portion of foreign relations law primarily consists of federal law: The President is empowered under the Constitution (http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/index.html) to nominate and (upon the Senate's approval) appoint ambassadors and other public ministers and consuls.
For example, many foreign nationals who are present in the United states are subject to state law in ways that can have important consequences for U.S. foreign relations.
www.law.cornell.edu /topics/foreign_relations.html   (471 words)

  
 Senator Joe Biden: Foreign Affairs Committee
As the Ranking Member of the Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Biden is the Democratic party's chief spokesman on national security and foreign policy issues.
Through his work on the Foreign Relations Committee, Biden has sought to promote the use of American power to stop dictators who commit crimes against humanity or genocide.
In the late 1990s, he joined with Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jesse Helms on legislation to reorganize the government’s foreign policy agencies, and co-authored the landmark "Helms-Biden" legislation authorizing the payment of nearly $1 billion in back dues owed to the United Nations, contingent on U.N. reforms.
biden.senate.gov /committee/foreign.cfm   (591 words)

  
 Council on Foreign Relations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is a think tank which describes itself as "dedicated to increasing America's understanding of the world and contributing ideas to U.S. foreign policy.
It began in 1921 and is one of the most powerful private organizations with influence on U.S. foreign policy.
An organized extensive list of members from the Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commision, and the Bilderberg Group.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations   (549 words)

  
 UCB Libraries | GovPubs | Foreign Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Foreign Relations of the United States "This historical record of American foreign policy is produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian.
Foreign Relations of the United States (Digital edition from the University of Wisconsin at Madison)--a browsable, searchable version of many of the volumes published from 1861-1960.
Foreign Press Centers (State Department) site features Congressional Research Service (CRS) and other key reports on foreign policy issues such as NAFTA, international aid, presidential powers, terrorism, international responses to the HIV/AIDs crisis, global climate change, and relations with specific countries.
ucblibraries.colorado.edu /govpubs/us/foraffrs.htm   (1286 words)

  
 Bhutan's Foreign Policy and Relations: Bhutannewsonline.com
Secondly, Bhutan’s treaty relations with India, heavy dependence on India economic aid and its land-locked status hindered the growth of independent diplomacy.
It established formal diplomatic relations with Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, EEC, Norway and Netherlands in 1985; Kuwait, Japan and Finland in 1986; South Korea in 1987, Austria in 1989, Thailand in 1991 Bahrain in 1992.
It established non-resident diplomatic relations with Maldives in 1984, Sri Lanka, 1987 and Pakistan in 1990.
www.bhutannewsonline.com /foreign-relations.html   (985 words)

  
 Mauritius - Foreign Relations
Apart from traditional cultural and trade relations of Mauritius with India, the two countries have exchanged visits by their leading officials in recent years; have engaged in numerous joint ventures, particularly in the textiles area; and have signed cooperation agreements in various spheres.
Relations between the United States and Mauritius have been dominated by questions of trade and sovereignty over Diego Garcia Island, a British possession that is the site of a United States military base.
These relations are based in large part on the economic exigency of obtaining mainly manufactured goods more cheaply from the closest developed country.
countrystudies.us /mauritius/25.htm   (1126 words)

  
 Mauritania - FOREIGN RELATIONS
As a result, Mauritania's foreign policy, like that of other developing states, represents at once an extension of the president's personality and the embodiment of an otherwise fragile state.
Close relations with France, on whom Mauritania continued to rely for much of its development aid, remained the cornerstone of Mauritanian foreign policy through the late 1980s.
Spain's withdrawal from the Spanish Sahara and the latter's partition and annexation by Mauritania and Morocco in 1976 inaugurated an eight-year period of conflict and fighting against Polisario guerrillas of the SADR, resulting in military setbacks and stagnating diplomacy for Mauritania.
countrystudies.us /mauritania/62.htm   (1044 words)

  
 The Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 by Edward Mandell House, who had been the chief advisor of President Woodrow Wilson.
In 1921, House and his friends formed the Council on Foreign Relations whose purpose right from its conception was to destroy the freedom and independence of the United States, and to lead the country into a one-world government.
Unfortunately, the Council on Foreign Relations is not the only group proposing an end to the sovereignty of the United States.
www.prolognet.qc.ca /clyde/cfr.html   (2262 words)

  
 U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Thank you for visiting the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
committee has oversight over the foreign policy agencies of the U.S. government, including the State Department, the U.S. Agency for
Foreign Relations Committee has been a place for bipartisanship — a
foreign.senate.gov   (126 words)

  
 Subject Bibliography: Foreign Relations of the United States (210)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Focuses on the foreign policymaking process of the United States government, including documentation illuminating policy formulation and major aspects and repercussions of its execution.
Includes documentation illuminating the foreign policymaking process of the United States government, with emphasis on the highest level at which policy on a particular subject was determined.
Presents the documentary record of the United States policy toward the Republic of Korea (ROK) in: the bilateral relations with the ROK from 1964 through 1968; the Pueblo crisis; and efforts to encourage a settlement of issues between the ROK and Japan unresolved since World War II.
bookstore.gpo.gov /sb/sb-210.html   (2434 words)

  
 Richard Immerman's United States Foreign Relations Bibliography, 1918-1975
Schulzinger, Robert, The Wise Men of Foreign Affairs: The History of the Council on Foreign Relations, NY, 1984.
Pipes, Richard, U.S.-Soviet Relations in the Era of Detente: A Tragedy of Errors, Boulder, CO, 1981.
Dobson, Alan, Anglo-American Relations in the Twentieth Century: Of Friendship, Conflict, and the Rise and Decline of Superpowers, NY, 1995.
astro.temple.edu /~rimmerma/461bib.html   (15497 words)

  
 Terrorism: Q & A | Foreign Aid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Foreign aid has been unpopular in recent years, but experts say the global campaign against terrorism has reinforced the view among U.S. politicians and the public that economic and military aid to other countries is both a moral obligation and a useful foreign policy tool.
After steady cutbacks in the 1990s, the United States is pledging to increase humanitarian and development aid abroad, as well as stepping up economic and military support to new strategic partners in the war on terrorism.
According to the poll’s findings, the typical American would like to spend $1 on foreign aid for every $3 spent on defense; the real ratio in the proposed budget for fiscal year 2003 is $1 on aid for every $19 spent on defense.
cfrterrorism.org /policy/foreignaid.html   (565 words)

  
 Foreign Relations of the United States
The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity.
Foreign Relations volumes contain documents from Presidential libraries, Departments of State and Defense, National Security Council, Central Intelligence Agency, Agency for International Development, and other foreign affairs agencies as well as the private papers of individuals involved in formulating U.S. foreign policy.
In general, the editors choose documentation that illuminates policy formulation and major aspects and repercussions of its execution.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ho/frus   (421 words)

  
 Foreign Affairs - About Foreign Affairs
A daily guide to the most influential analysis from the Council on Foreign Relations, publisher of Foreign Affairs.
Founded in 1921, the Council on Foreign Relations is a non-profit and nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to improving the understanding of U.S. foreign policy and international affairs through the free exchange of ideas.
It is more than a magazine—it is the international forum of choice for the most important new ideas, analysis, and debate on the most significant issues in the world.
www.foreignaffairs.org /about   (342 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Magazine Subscriptions: Foreign Affairs [MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
I find Foreign Affairs to be the single most valuable tool to stay informed about foreign policy, trends in world affairs, and current political thought.
This is an excellent magazine that is put out quarterly with the best writers of Foreign Policy in the world writing articulate and current articles about the state of affairs of various countries, problem spots and emerging issues.
For instance, Foreign Affairs was the first magazine to publish Samuel Huntington's article The Clash of Civilizations in the early 1990s.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00007LN7R?v=glance   (1892 words)

  
 TDS; Passports, Visas, Travel Documents
However, progress in EU-Belarus relations stalled in 1996 after serious setbacks to the development of democracy and the Drozdy conflict.
In 2004, the Council of Europe adopted a report written by special rapporteur Christos Pourgourides calling on Belarusian authorities to suspend various high-level officials in conducting a thorough investigation of the cases of several prominent Belarusian political figures who have disappeared and remain unaccounted for.
Acknowledging the lack of progress in relation to bilateral relations and the internal situation following the position adopted in 1997, the EU adopted a benchmark approach in 1999, whereby relations would be gradually improved upon fulfillment of the four benchmarks set by the OSCE.
www.traveldocs.com /by/foreign.htm   (2687 words)

  
 Foreign Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Foreign Relations gives you full control over it all.
Everyone who creates a nation in Foreign Affairs inhabits the same world, and your decisions affect them too.
Just like in the real world, if you don't keep an eye on your Foreign Relations, things could get ugly.
www.foreign-relations.com   (157 words)

  
 FOREIGN RELATIONS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
He completely ignores the impact of American, Israeli and other foreign policies on the mindsets of hundreds of millions of people in the Arab-Asian region, whose degraded political and economic environment eventually spawns the desperate and futile criminality of terrorism.
The first four principles are the guiding principles of a Global Good Neighbor Ethic for International Relations, while the latter three refer to the main areas of foreign policy: security, sustainable development, and governance.
Principle Two : Foreign policy must not be tied to elite ideological, military, or economic interests but must serve the broadly defined interests of society--our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
www.crisispapers.org /topics/foreign-relations.htm   (2173 words)

  
 Foreign Affairs - Home
Read the statement from the editor of Foreign Affairs regarding Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov's withdrawal of his essay from the September/October 2007 issue.
Foreign Affairs begins a special series of articles leading up to the 2008 election.
Foreign Affairs' Academic Resource Program offers a variety of materials to enhance the educational experience.
www.foreignaffairs.org   (366 words)

  
 Foreign relations
For a long time foreign relations played a small role in the economy of the Amur Region.
Today 500 businesses and organizations are involved in foreign relations.
In 1993, the Czech Republic became the third strongest relation.
www.nns.ru /gallery/stos/amur20.html   (327 words)

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