A persuasive foreign policy argument is vital as it interprets the relationship with other states and dictates how to interact within the international arena. It is a reflection of how the country sees the world and how it will approach it. For the United States, an effective foreign policy argument is vital to the maintenance of their great power position and to achieve their national interest. Therefore, this policy should also have an effective grasp of international relations theories like liberalism or realism in order to analyze or characterize such an argument. It should also include historical information signaling why the approach would work through analyzing what has worked in the past that will reinforce the success of such strategies and
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It favors strong institutions and strong relations with the country’s allies. Wilsonianism is coined to be the traditional liberalist, and for the modern 21st century, the United States had President Bush. After 9/11 Bush became the liberalist President, as he initially received strong support from his allies in NATO and the United Nations Security Council (Ikenberry, 2002). He embraced his role as a liberal hegemon and sought to push American liberal values and ideals abroad. His foreign policy was persuasive and initially, gather support from allies which the liberal theory supports. Liberals like Ikenberry would argue that the view of Bush as just using force is a false interpretation of the liberal approach. Bush also subscribed to Wilsonian ideals, but the theory is much larger. Aside from the use of democratic promotion, the real significance of the liberal foreign policy argument is in it’s order building process (Ikenberry and Slaughter, 2011). The ordering building approach includes the rule of law, trade and openness, multilateralism, security cooperation and a cooperative institutionalized order (Ikenberry and Slaughter,
It favors strong institutions and strong relations with the country’s allies. Wilsonianism is coined to be the traditional liberalist, and for the modern 21st century, the United States had President Bush. After 9/11 Bush became the liberalist President, as he initially received strong support from his allies in NATO and the United Nations Security Council (Ikenberry, 2002). He embraced his role as a liberal hegemon and sought to push American liberal values and ideals abroad. His foreign policy was persuasive and initially, gather support from allies which the liberal theory supports. Liberals like Ikenberry would argue that the view of Bush as just using force is a false interpretation of the liberal approach. Bush also subscribed to Wilsonian ideals, but the theory is much larger. Aside from the use of democratic promotion, the real significance of the liberal foreign policy argument is in it’s order building process (Ikenberry and Slaughter, 2011). The ordering building approach includes the rule of law, trade and openness, multilateralism, security cooperation and a cooperative institutionalized order (Ikenberry and Slaughter,