Foreign policy

During the years 1933-37 Britain’s foreign policy was to appease potential enemies to sustain peace. This policy was particularly emphasised when Hitler became Chancellor in 1933 and began to reverse the Treaty of Versailles. It was also highlighted by Neville Chamberlain becoming Prime Minister in 1937, as he believed strongly in appeasement. This policy can be seen to be weak and ineffective because of the way that the British dealt with the Abyssinian Crisis in 1935 and Hitler’s early moves…

This research examines several cases of US humanitarian intervention in the 1990s, focusing on the transformation of United States foreign policy goals between George H.W. Bush’s “New World Order” platform in 1991 to Bill Clinton’s “Policy on Reforming Multilateral Peace Operations,” in 1994. These polices starkly contrast one another—the first offered preventive, non-combat measures while the latter focused on combative peacekeeping missions—although both are guised as humanitarian aid. The…

The evening of July 20, 2015 was an historic moment to put in the books. Citizens of the U.S. and Cuba watched as Cuba’s blue, red and white-starred flag was raised Monday at the country’s embassy in Washington. Bruno Rodriguez who is the Cuban Foreign Minister was in charge of the flag-raising ceremony that was taking place because full diplomatic relations with Cuba and the United States were restored thanks to the agreement of U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro. There…

Foreign Policy After 9/11 After the attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon September 11, 2001, the United States was completely changed forever. Everyone's lives changed drastically that day. There was a new threat to America and no way to fight this new enemy head on. For many people, the word terrorist was heard before, but Americans never would have expected that this would ever happen to us. We were caught off guard and severely damaged. After the attack, our foreign policy was…

goal of American foreign policy is to defend the independence of the United States, so that America can govern itself according to its principles and pursue its national interests. The U.S. is therefore committed to providing for its common defense, protecting the freedom of its commerce, and seeking peaceful relations with other nations. At the same time, American foreign policy has a set of long-term goals, or a grand strategy, that have traditionally guided its foreign policy thinking. This…

A few deeply worrisome foreign policy developments have occurred in Nepal in recent months. Before the dust stirred by Prime Minister KP Oli 's visits to India and China has settled, the India-EU statement and Mohana Ansari 's statement have put Nepal into sharp and unflattering diplomatic focus. However, much of it is a storm in a teacup generated by partisan arm-chair generals. Sure there are serious issues in which Prime Minister Oli should be held to account. For example, Oli has bragged…

domestically or internationally, the political clout he wielded, particularly in relation to other countries, would become the mark of his consecutive terms in office and set the bar for future presidents who took foreign relations into their own…

office president Nixon was extremely passionate about two specific policies that were very important to him both of which accumulated in 1972. He visited china in attempts to set into action the normalizing of the Peoples Republic of China. He also visited the Soviet Union, where he agreed to sign the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty agreement. These events marked the start of a period known as “détente”. Nixon 's Foreign Policy. During this period in history, the United States of America…

A foreign policy is the actions the U.S. takes in regards to other nations. George Washington was our first president of the U.S. who established the Proclamation of Neutrality and followed a policy of neutrality. Thomas Jefferson was the third president of U.S. his foreign policy was the Louisiana Purchase. James Monroe was the fourth president of the U.S. his foreign policy was the Monroe Doctrine. An important role of presidents is developing a foreign policy. President George Washington…

Covert action is one of many foreign policy tools used by policymakers to advance national interests. Used in select international efforts, covert action encompasses a broad range of activities outside the operations of traditional intelligence collection. Sanctioned by the White House and overseen by Congress, covert action can provide results and otherwise unavailable information. "The term covert action was defined for the first time in statute to mean an activity or activities of the united…