Chap 12- POL 211 (Fall 2019)


Chap 12

                                                             Foreign Policy

 

       Foreign policy refers to the collection of government actions that affect or attempt to affect United States national security as well as the economy and political goals associated with it. Foreign policy can deal with matters as diverse as international trade, economic assistance to poor nations, immigrations to the United States, building of political alliances with other nations, actions on human rights abuse around the world and strategic military actions abroad. Foreign policy involves a great diversity of policy actors, among the most important are the president, the secretary of state and the president’s national security adviser. In 1945, the U.S. and fifty other states formed the United Nations (UN), headquarters in NYC and governed under the United Nations Charter, its constitutions. The UN describes itself as a “global association of governments facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development and social equity”.

      The main objective of foreign policy is to use diplomacy or talking, meeting and making agreements to solve international problems. They try to keep problems from developing into conflicts that require military assistance. The President almost always has the primary responsibility for shaping foreign policy. Presidents, on their representatives, meet with leaders of other nations to try to resolve international problems peacefully. According to the constitution, Presidents sign treaties with other nations with the “advice and consent” of the Senate. So, the Senate, and to a lesser extent, the House of Representatives, also participate in shaping foreign policy.

Reference:
 Kraft, M. E., & Furlong, S. R. (2010). Public policy: Politics, analysis, and alternatives, 6th ed. Washington, D.C: CQ

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