The vast interconnectedness of the globe alone determines the importance of foreign policy and the decisions made. Not only do we have trade agreements, treaties, and deals with different nations, but we are also the world power in a unipolar system. This came to be after years of foreign policy decisions throughout history. The importance of foreign policy has been seen decade after decade. Walter Mead suggests this in his article The American Foreign Policy Legacy when he discusses nineteenth century issues. He states there were “four great issues that preoccupied the country: slavery, westward expansion, tariffs, and monetary policy. Of these, only slavery was a purely domestic matter, and foreign policy was absolutely critical to the course
