foreign service
State Department branch
The foreign service is the branch of government responsible for diplomatic relations with other countries.
Foreign service officers staff embassies and consulates abroad, representing their nation's interests, assisting citizens overseas, and conducting diplomacy: She joined the foreign service after graduating from Georgetown.
In the U.S., it falls under the State Department.
- embassyOfficial diplomatic residence abroad
- consulateForeign diplomatic office
- diplomatOfficial foreign representative
- ambassadorOfficial foreign representative
- career diplomatProfessional government representative abroad
legation · chargé d'affaires · international relations · extraterritoriality · diplomatic cables · state department · treaty negotiations · diplomatic mission · stationed · envoy · accredit · attaché · diplomatic immunity · overseas · host country · visa · briefing · posting
- soft powersoft power, cultural diplomacy, cultural influence, goodwill tours, educational exchanges
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
- Foreign Affairsdiplomatic relations, embassies, ambassadors, consulates, State Department
- consular servicesconsul, embassy, consulate, consuls, visa
- embassiesambassador, chancery, consul, consulate, consulate general
- foreign embassiesvisa, passport, consulate, ambassador, diplomat
foreign servicedomestic service
Paid household labor
civil service · home service · internal affairs · domestic affairs · domestic policy
foreign serviceprivate sector
Economy outside government control
commercial enterprise · private enterprise · multinational corporation · commercial trade