American Government / Unit 10 Gov 462 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Instruments
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The idea
Foreign policy works through instruments: diplomacy, foreign aid, agreements and treaties, sanctions, and military force.
In practice
A dispute might travel the list in order — talk, pay, sign, squeeze, and only then fight.
Where people slip
Gov 360 and Gov 373 already supplied the paper instruments' rules.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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