American Politics Today - Essentials (3rd Ed)

WHAT IS FOREIGN POLICY?| 471 idealist, upholding these principles should be a primary goal of U.S. foreign policy. Constructivi ...

472 CHAPTER 15|FOREIGN POLICY in the president’s willingness to continue these activities after the confl ict.^8 With the war ...

WHAT IS FOREIGN POLICY?| 473 During this period the United States implemented several measures to build and strengthen alliance ...

474 CHAPTER 15|FOREIGN POLICY oil increased again when the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) raised pri ...

FOREIGN POLICY MAKERS| 475 FOREIGN POLICY MAKERS This section focuses on the makers of American foreign policy. We begin with t ...

476 CHAPTER 15|FOREIGN POLICY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE The principal foreign policy department in the executive branch is the D ...

FOREIGN POLICY MAKERS| 477 goal of successfully facilitating information-sharing and cooperation among vari- ous intelligence a ...

478 CHAPTER 15|FOREIGN POLICY Of course, members of Congress always have the power to block a president’s foreign policy initi ...

WAR POWERS: WHO CONTROLS THE ARMED FORCES? Has the power to declare war (but has not used this power since World War II). Has th ...

480 CHAPTER 15|FOREIGN POLICY One of the most prominent foreign policy interest groups is the American Israel Public Aff airs ...

FOREIGN POLICY MAKERS| 481 these issues) in favor of other concerns. For example, as we discussed in Chapter 5, as economic con ...

You Decide SHOULD AMERICA JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT? Foreign policy presents Americans with a fundamental choice: Sh ...

THE TOOLS OF FOREIGN POLICY| 483 States, plus 10 rotating nations)—makes the most important decisions, particu- larly those inv ...

484 CHAPTER 15|FOREIGN POLICY assistance or the use of ship-launched cruise missiles to attack terrorist camps and similar tar ...

THE TOOLS OF FOREIGN POLICY| 485 World Trade Organization (WTO) An international organi- zation created in 1995 to oversee trad ...

486 CHAPTER 15|FOREIGN POLICY Diplomacy has often been a useful but limited foreign policy tool. For example, American and Mex ...

THE POLITICS OF FOREIGN POLICY| 487 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) An inter- national alliance among the United Stat ...

488 CHAPTER 15|FOREIGN POLICY mobilized for service in Iraq, support for the war declined in the communities where these units ...

CONCLUSION|^489 CONCLUSION Foreign policy defi nitely matters. Consider the following four statements: (1) National security is ...

490 CHAPTER 15|FOREIGN POLICY WHAT IS FOREIGN POLICY? E Describe the major approaches to understanding foreign policy and trac ...