foreign office
State department equivalent
A foreign office is a government department handling a country's diplomatic relations with other nations.
In British usage, the Foreign Office (capitalized) refers specifically to the UK's foreign ministry, now officially the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: He spent his career at the Foreign Office.
The American equivalent is the State Department.
- bilateralismTwo-party agreement approach
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- ministryClergy's work or state department
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
- embassyOfficial diplomatic residence abroad
diplomat · attaché · diplomatic immunity · consulate · consul general · consular services · secretary of state · dispatches · back channel · envoy · persona non grata · Whitehall · sanctions · travel advisory · cabinet · chargé d'affaires · alliance · treaty
- government bodiesagency, bureau, legislature, department, ministry
- government agenciesFBI, CIA, NASA, IRS, EPA
- ministriesfinance ministry, health ministry, education ministry, defense ministry, interior ministry
- overseas branchessubsidiary
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
- government officesDMV, bureau, agency, department, ministry
foreign officehome office
Residential work area
interior ministry · internal affairs · local government · domestic affairs · civil service
foreign, office, foreigner, foreignness, officer, officers, official, officially, unofficial