secretary of state
Top foreign minister
A secretary of state is a government official responsible for foreign affairs or, in U.S. states, for administrative duties like maintaining records and overseeing elections.
The title varies by country—in the U.S., the Secretary of State is the nation's top diplomat; in the UK, secretaries of state head major government departments.
The secretary of state met with foreign leaders to discuss the treaty.
Official foreign representative
- embassyOfficial diplomatic residence abroad
- consulateForeign diplomatic office
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- diplomatic corpsOfficial representatives abroad
attaché · protocol · foreign service · credentials · diplomatic immunity · diplomatic mission · diplomatic pouch · recall
Person named to position
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- executive branchGovernment's implementing arm
- department headLeader of organizational unit
advisor · official · politician · authority · oversight · policy · management · portfolio
Geography's role in statecraft
- national securitySafeguarding a country's interests
- alliancesFormal unions for cooperation
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- treatiesFormal agreements between states
sovereignty · intervention · multilateralism · human rights · peacekeeping · regime change · nonproliferation · embargo
Binding pact between nations
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- talksSpeaks with others
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- accordHarmony between parties
dialogue · peace process · ceasefire · dealmaking · concession · compromise · shuttle diplomacy · memorandum
ambassador
Official foreign representative
- embassyOfficial diplomatic residence abroad
- consulateForeign diplomatic office
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
diplomatic corps · attaché · protocol · foreign service · credentials · diplomatic immunity · diplomatic mission · diplomatic pouch · recall · persona non grata
appointee
Person named to position
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- executive branchGovernment's implementing arm
department head · advisor · official · politician · authority · oversight · policy · management · portfolio · tenure
geopolitics
Geography's role in statecraft
- national securitySafeguarding a country's interests
- alliancesFormal unions for cooperation
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
treaties · sovereignty · intervention · multilateralism · human rights · peacekeeping · regime change · nonproliferation · embargo · trade agreements
treaty
Binding pact between nations
accord · dialogue · peace process · ceasefire · dealmaking · concession · compromise · shuttle diplomacy · memorandum · reconciliation
- Federal Officialscabinet member, attorney general, vice president, chief of staff, national security advisor
- executive branchexecutive branch, Oval Office, executive power, executive orders, executive order
- Federal JobsFBI agent, CIA agent, DEA agent, ATF agent, TSA agent
- ministersminister, chief minister, ordained minister, lay minister, senior minister
- officialsofficial, officials, bailiff, bureaucrat, congressman
- political figurespolitician, president, presidents, vice president, vice presidents
secretary of statesecretary of defense
Head of military affairs
attorney general · national security advisor · military commander · general
secretary of statepolitical dissident
One opposing their government
private citizen · opposition leader · whistleblower · exile · journalist