foreign service: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	diplomatic service

Topics

consul diplomacy international relations arms control arms race intelligence war on terrorism war gunboat diplomacy diplomatic recognition multilateralism liberal internationalism humanitarian intervention

Key People

Amano, Yukiya

Yukiya Amano

Japanese diplomat

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John Crawfurd

British scholar and diplomat

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Kocheril Raman Narayanan

president of India