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22 Cards in this Set
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Foreign Policy
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A nations plan for dealing with other countries
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5 Goals of Foreign Policy
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- Provide aid to people in need
- National Security (#1) - Establish free trade and open trade - Promoting world peace - Supporting Democracy |
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Isolationism
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Remaining apart from affairs or interests of other groups or countries, especially political affairs. Focus on Domestic orders
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Idealism
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Defense of human rights, ANYWHERE!
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Diplomatic Tools
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- Embassies: More than 160
- Defense Alliances: The idea of collective security |
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Economic Tools
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- Economic Sanctions: A non-military option
- Financial aid |
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Military Tools
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- The vast majority of the U.S. military interventions have not been declarations of war
- Not an easy decision |
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Just War Theory
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A state may go to war under certain specific circumstances and must limit its conduct according to certain standards
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State Department
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- 20,000 work overseas
- Leading department of foreign policy |
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Defense Department
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- 1.4 million on active duty
- oversees all branches of military |
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CIA
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Collect and analyze info, convert operations
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Role of President
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- Foreign policy leader
- Public face, chief architect of foreign policy - Military leader commander in chief - Has the power to commit troops without a formal declaration of war |
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Roles of Congress
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- The power to declare war
- Appropriate or deny funds - Ratify treaties - Confirm presidential appointments |
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The UN
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- Established in 1944
- Succeeded the League of Nations - 192 member nations |
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General Assembly
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- Meeting of member nations
- Each member gets 1 vote - Advisory body only, connot force any nation to obey |
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Security Council
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- 15 members
- Maintain international peace and security - Can impose economic sanctions, engage in peacekeeping and take military action - China, France, The Russian Federation, U.K. and U.S. are permanent members |
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WTO
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World Trade Organization, designed to insure free trade
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IMF
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- International Military Fund
- 1944, provide loans to less developed countries |
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World Bank
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Long-term loans to developing countries
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History of U.S. Foreign Policy
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-1823: Monroe Doctrine
-1898: Spanish-American war, a shirt towards isolationism -1917: U.S. enters WWI -1941: U.S. enters WWII -1945: Cold War (Containment, the Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam -1980s: Détente - the relaxing of tensions Collapse of USSR |
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Preemptive Strike
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The use of force before a potential attack occurs
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Deterrence
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Trying to prevent something from happening
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