CH.8 LESSON 3

MAKING FOREIGN POLICY

FOREIGN POLICY IS THE NATIONS PLAN FOR DEALING WITH OTHER NATIONS.

DOMESTIC POLICY IS THE NATIONS PLANS FOR DEALING WITH ISSUES WITH IN ITS OWN NATION.

DOMESTIC V. FOREIGN

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GOALS OF FOREIGN POLICY:

THE MAIN GOAL OF FOREIGN POLICY IS NATIONAL SECURITY

BUILD TRADE

PROMOTE WORLD PEACE

ADVANCE DEMOCRACY

GOAL OF FOREIGN POLICY

THE CONSTITUTION DIVIDES FOREIGN POLICY POWERS BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS

OTHER TEAM MEMBERS INCLUDE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ACENCY (CIA)

FOREIGN POLICY TEAM

TREATIES

A FORMAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES LIKE LAWS THEY MUST BE FOLLOWED PRESIDENT NEGOTIATES AND SIGNS TREATIES, 2/3 OF

SENATE MUST APPROVE EXAMPLE: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT)

EXECUTIVE AGREEMENTS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE LEADER OF ANOTHER COUNTRY LESS FORMAL AND NO SENATE APPROVAL DEAL WITH ISSUES LIKE TRADING

TOOLS OF FOREIGN POLICY

APPOINTING AMBASSADORS PRESIDENT APPOINTS 150 AND MUST BE APPROVED BY THE

SENATE REPRESENT OUR NATION IN OTHER COUNTRIES

FOREIGN AID HELP OTHER COUNTRIES, MAINLY FROM U.S. STATE

DEPARTMENT USUALLY MONEY BUT CAN BE MILITARY OR ADVICE THE GOAL IS TO CREATE FRIENDSHIPS OR TRADING

PARTNERS

TOOLS OF FOREIGN POLICY

INTERNATIONAL TRADE PRESIDENT HAS THE POWER TO MAKE ECONOMIC

AGREEMENTS TRADE SANCTIONS EMBARGOS TARRIFS APPROVES/DENY MEMBERSHIP TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE

ORGANIZATIONS EXAMPLES: NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE ORGANIZATION

(NAFTA) WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO)

TOOLS OF FOREIGN POLICY

MILITARY FORCEONLY CONGRESS CAN DECLARE WARCONGRESS CAN STOP THE PRESIDENT FROM USING THE ARMED FORCES

CONGRESS CAN SPEND OR STOP MONEY FOR DEFENSE

PRESIDENT IS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEFPRESIDENT CAN SEND TROOPS

During the peace conference after World War I, President Woodrow Wilson urged the creation of an international organization to promote world peace.

The League of Nations was formed in 1919. The league was unsuccessful and in 1941 President

Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain called for the creation of a new organization.

The United Nations charter was signed by 51 nations. The United States has not always agreed with acts of

the United Nations however, the U.S. does see it as a viable tool in its international peace keeping strategy.

UNITED NATIONS