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FSOT -Foreign Policy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 2 factors that make up congressman’s stance on trade | -constituency-party |
| 3 concepts of National Interest | -Power and National Security-Domestic Impact Conception-Ideological Principle Conception |
| 4 Models of Decision Making | Rational Actor Model Organizational Process Model Bureaucratic Politics Model Radical (Military Industrial) Model |
| 4 Options towards Soviet Russia | -roll back communism (aggression) -negotiations of many disagreements (diplomacy) -appeasement -containment/isolation of USSR |
| 5 Questions for Opinion Maker | -How different is mass opinion and lead opinion? -How interested is the public? -How knowledgeable is the public? -What do they believe? -Are our opinions volatile? |
| 5 Sequential Steps of Rational Actor | definition of situation 2. identification of goals 3. identification of options 4. cost benefit analysis |
| 6 Tactics to weaken states | -prying away its allies -weakening hold on sphere of influence -stopping trade -removing hostile gov’t -waging preemptive war -fighting wars to prevent status quo disturbance |
| 7 Sins of US foreign policy | EEIIUA Emphasis on Military; Executive Branch Dominance, Ignorance, Isolationsm, Unilateralism, Arrogance |
| ABC Democrats | The promotion by the US of any government opposed to communism regardless of human rights violations |
| Adams-Onis Treaty 1819 | with Spain, transferring Florida, extended the U.S. to present boundaries in southeast. |
| Alaska purchase 1867 | ended Russian territorial presence and completed U.S. expansion on North American mainland. |
| Allies and Germany 1918 | accepted Wilson’s 14 points as basis for just and lasting peace ending World War I. |
| Anti-terrorism | measures to protect and defend U.S. citizens and interests from terrorist attacks |
| Appeasement | policy where one state must see the world from another state’s point of view |
| Balance of Power. | A concept that describes how states deal with the problems of national security in a context of shifting alliances and alignments. |
| Bretton Woods Conference | Conferences that established IMF, GATT, and WB |
| Bureaucratic Politics Model | bureaucracies argue from their stance; conglomerates come to their decisions from their organizational standing |
| Bush Doctrine | Preventive/Preemptive war against potential aggressors before they are capable of mounting attacks against the United States |
| Bush’s stance on international trade | -for international trade b/c his main constituency is the service sector |
| Can US states create their own foreign policy? | Generally no. US treaties and federal law are said to preempt any state or local law that can be said to be in the area of foreign relations. There is some wiggle room here, however if the effect of the local statute or ordinance is minimal. Courts upheld |
| Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) | the government organization that oversees foreign intelligence-gathering and related classified activities |
| Cognitive dissidence | Ignoring or schewing information unfavorable to a person’s opinion |
| Compellence | Persuading a country from doing something they wouldn’t have done |
| Congenial International Environment/Interdependence | -Needs cooperative interational environments -US needs more free states |
| Congress powers in foreign Policy | Ratify treaties; confirm appointments; declare war; appropriate funds; oversee agencies; enact legislation |
| Containment? | Keeping communism within its present territory through the use of diplomatic, economic, and military actions. |
| Counter terrorism | activities to stop terrorists from using fore and responding when they do |
| Covert Operations | undercover actions in which the prime mover country appears to have had no role |
| Critiques of Appeassment Theory | Detterents almost always cause War (Security theory) |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | """â€_Ä¢A new leader, Fidel Castro, came to power in Cuba and declared it a communist country. The US government cut off relations with Cuba in protest." |
| Department of Defense | the executive department charged with managing country's military personnel, equipment, and operations |
| Department of Homeland Security | executive department meant to provide a unifying force in the efforts of the government to prevent attacks on the United States and to respond to such attacks through law enforcement and emergency relief should they occur |
| Department of State | the executive department charged with managing foreign affairs |
| Deterrence | Preventing a country from doing what they might do |
| Diplomacy | the formal system of communication and negotiation between countries |
| Diplomatic Realism | "What sub-ideology? -""There can be a slippage between the distribution of power and the perception of threat"" -Revisionist are threatening, while status quo states are not" |
| Director of National Intelligence | overseer and coordinator of the many agencies involved in production and dissemination of intelligence information in the U.S. government, as well as the president's main intelligence adviser |
| Does congress play a small or a large role in foreign affairs? | Large. |
| Dollar diplomacy? | """Dollar diplomacy"" was the term used to describe the efforts of the United States — particularly under President William Howard Taft — to further its foreign policy aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power. The term is base |
| Domestic Impact Conception of NI | -what would improve lives of citizens -foreign policy relates to citizens of state |
| Dove | soft liners; avoid conflict and confrontation; passionate and considerate even if it means a deal of naivety |
| Earth Summit. 1992 | Representatives of more than 175 nations, including the United States, met at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, which produced a treaty on climate change and was the largest international meeting on the environment ever convened. |
| Economic interest groups/ Issue groups/ identity groups | groups that promote public interest such as labor unions and industry groups, pro-life and pro-choice groups, and minority and women's rights groups |
| Economic Sanction | Punishments imposed on a nation as forms of protests |
| Embargo Act of 1807? | It prohibited all international exports from American ports. It represented President Thomas Jefferson's response to the United Kingdom's Orders in Council (1807) and France's Continental System, which were severely hurting America's merchant marines. Alt |
| End of Cold War 1989-91 | As President George H.W. Bush stated a desire to integrate the Soviet Union into the community of nations, the Cold War ended when communist regimes collapsed across Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union disintegrated. |
| Executive agreement? | An executive agreement one of three mechanisms by which the United States enters into binding international agreements. They are considered treaties as the term is used under international law in that they bind both the United States and a foreign state. |
| External Balancing | Concept of altering the distribution of power abroad in 3 ways: -manipulating the system of interstate alliances -tolerate spheres of influence -weaken adversary states |
| "fast track"" authority in the context of trade agreements?" | In various acts, Congress delegated the authority to negotiate trade agreements (treaties) to the president. The Senate then can vote the agreement up or down. Not really provided for by the constitution, but is in practice. Other countries like dealing w |
| Faults of Containment | -ideolical threat of communism -military threat of the red army -security dilemma |
| Finlandization | Policy that a power neutralizes its neighbors in an effort to protect itself |
| Foreign Aid | assistance given by one country to another in the form of grants loans |
| Foreign Policy Objectives? | Foreign Policy Objectives are the goals of a foreign policy, derived by relating a state's national interest to the international situation and the power available to the state. |
| Foreign Policy. | The official strategy of a state regarding how it will relate to other states and international organizations |
| Four P's | Peace, Power, Prosperity, Principles |
| Fourteen Points | "Fourteen goals of the United States in the peace negotiations after World War I. President Woodrow Wilson announced the Fourteen Points to Congress in early 1918. They included public negotiations between nations, freedom of navigation, free trade, self- |
| Free Trade | economic system by which countries exchange goods without imposing excessive tariffs and taxes |
| General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) | a series of agreements on international trading terms; now known as the World Trade Organization (WTO) |
| George Kennan? | He was a diplomat that advised Truman to contain communist expansion through something called the Long Telegram in 1946. |
| Good Neighbor Policy? | "The ""Good Neighbor"" policy was the policy of the United States Administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in relation to Latin America during 1933-45, when the active U.S. intervention of previous decades was moderated in pursuit of hemispheric |
| Group Think | attributes decisions to the most intelligent; the way people interact often affect decision making and group decisions are often the best guided |
| Gulf War I 1990-91 | In response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the United States built an international coalition to defend Saudi Arabia and, after United Nations approval, to eject Iraq from Kuwait through Operation Desert Storm. |
| Hard Power | Getting others to do what another says |
| Hawk | hardlingers; willingly pursue the national interest through confrontation; emphasis on power; smart; tough; crafty; cunning |
| Hegemonic Stability | theory that one state is able to create stability in the international system i.e. Pax Britanica |
| Hegemony | """the overbearing influence of one nation over another""" |
| Human Rights | Exist and must be honored, and a violation of these harms US |
| Idealist Approach to Foreign Policy? | The Idealist approach assumes that a foreign policy based on morals, legal codes, and international norms is the most effective foreign policy because it encourages unity and cooperation among states rather than competition and conflict. |
| Ideological Principle Conception of NI | -policy is central to country's values -use democracy to promote justice, peace |
| If a US citizen breaks a law abroad, how is he punished? | US citizens are subject to the laws of whatever country they are in. The State department usually will not ask for a deportation. |
| Intelligence Community | agencies and bureaus that are responsible for obtaining and interpreting information for the government |
| Internal Balancing | Concept of increasing the state's power resources in 4 ways: -strengthening armed forces and bottomw of economy -focusing policy on resource heavy regions -creating economic policy designed to produce relative gains -using military force when it maintains |
| International Broadcasting Bureau? | The International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) is a United States Government federal agency that was created in 1994 to produce political radio and television broadcasts that are intended for audiences in foreign countries. The IBB replaces the former Bureau |
| International Monetary Funds (IMF) | economic institution that makes short term, relatively small loans to countries to help balance their currency flows |
| Internationalism | a foreign policy based on taking an active role in global affairs; the predominant foreign policy view in the U.S. |
| Iran-Contra affair | (i-RAN, i-RAHN, eye-RAN; KON-truh, KOHN-trah) A scandal in the administration of President Ronald Reagan, which came to light when it was revealed that in the mid-1980s the United States secretly arranged arms sales to Iran in return for promises of Irani |
| Isolationism | Foreign Policy Logic that: -delayed American hegemony -puts US last among developed countries in foreign aid -causes unilateralism -casued continentalism -from Monroe Doctrine |
| Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty (Camp David Accords) 1979 | ended 30 years of conflict between the two countries and provided possible framework for comprehensive peace in the Middle East. |
| Jay's Treaty 1795 | required Great Britain to remove troops from northwestern frontier; Pinckney's Treaty with Spain opened mouth of Mississippi River to U.S. navigation. |
| John F. Kennedy | President in 1961 -Bay of Pigs |
| Joint Chief of Staffs | senior military officers from four branches of the U.S. armed forces |
| Kennedy's Conditions for Cuban takeover | -CIA trained rebels trained in Guatemala -Attacked with B-26 to give illusion that Cuban Air Force had revolted -US would land 1500 exiles -no US troops present -no US detectable presence -no US air support |
| Kennedy's Domestic Policy | "-vigorous foreign policy-US space program -called for Cuban ""freedom fighters""" |
| Liberalism (also economic liberalism or radicalism) | US should seek expansion of liberty because states are better when: -trade is free -nations are governed democratically -human rights are honored -nations have self-determination |
| Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 1963 | first major-power agreement regulating atomic weapons testing, banned explosions in the atmosphere, in outer space and under water. |
| Logic of Isolationism | """interdependence does not create vital interests requiring political and military involvement"" ""US has sufficient domestic efficiency"" ""US has no binding moral obligations abroad""" |
| Logic of Liberalism | """Promoting liberty is a moral obligation"" ""Makes no specific assumptions about the power of the US beyond hte rather general assumption that is has the capability to increase liberty somehow""" |
| Long Telegram? | The message written by George Kennan in 1946 to Truman advising him to contain Communist expansion. Told Truman that if the Soviets couldn't expand, their Communism would eventually fall apart, and that Communism could be beaten without going to war. |
| Louisiana Purchase 1803 | removed foreign control of Mississippi's mouth and doubled U.S. territory. |
| Marshall Plan? | Program of European economic recovery after World War II, financed by the United States. Britain, France, West Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Italy were main recipients. Named for United States Secretary of State George Marshall and supported by P |
| Mass Public Opinion Trends | Mass public is far more conservative in trade, intervention, and dimplomacy than policy makers |
| Militant Realism | "What sub-ideology?: -""Every predominance, or move toward predominance, represent a threat to the other states in the international system"" -Any powerful state likely will use its power to augment its power, aggressively, if necessary" |
| Monroe Doctrine | A statement of foreign policy issued by President James Monroe in 1823, declaring that the United States would not tolerate intervention by European nations in the affairs of nations in the Americas. Monroe also promised that the United States would not i |
| Morrill tariff? | The Morrill Tariff of 1861 was a protectionist tariff bill passed by the U.S. Congress in early 1861. It was signed into law by Democratic president, James Buchanan of Pennslyvania, where support for higher tariffs to protect the iron industry was strong. |
| Munich Conference | Conference held after Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia |
| National Interest. | The elements that constitute a state's most vital needs |
| National Security Council | organization within the Executive Office of the President that provides foreign policy advice to the President |
| NATO, 1948 | first U.S. alliance concluded in peacetime, provided integrated force for defense of Western Europe and North America. |
| Necessities of Deterrents | states must have the capability and the credibility to utilize deterrents |
| Necessities of Public Opinion | -Relationship between foreign policy and public opinion -how one would choose their stance on foreign policy -processes of foreign policy -attributes of the public -decision process |
| Ninth International Conference of American States 1948 | created the Organization of American States (OAS) to intensify U.S. and Latin American collaboration in all fields. |
| Nonproliferation Treaty, 1967 | now signed by 110 governments, banned the spread of atomic weapons. |
| open door policy? | United States efforts to develop a trade relationship with China in the late 1800s to early 1900s; urged European nations with spheres of influence in China to not restrict trade in those areas. |
| Opinion Flow | Opinion Makers - Attentive Public - Opinion Leaders - Mass Public |
| Opinion Maker's duties | -Present options for constituents -Give stricture and informational content -Makers may put out pre-made opinions -Must address attentive public -Must play a role in public submitting porcess |
| Oregon Treaty 1846 | with Great Britain extended U.S. sole dominion to the Pacific. |
| Organizational Process Model | policies as decided and policies as implemented are two different things; decision making and implementation always take place at different places and by different forces |
| Peace | P associated with International institutionalism, world order, and diplomacy |
| Philippine-American War? | The Philippine-American War was a war between the armed forces of the United States and the Philippines from 1899 through 1913. In December 1898, the U.S. purchased the Philippines and other territories from Spain at the Treaty of Paris for the sum of 20 |
| Pinckney Treaty? | Also known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo or the Treaty of Madrid, was signed in San Lorenzo de El Escorial on October 27, 1795 and established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain. It also defined the boundaries of the U.S. with the |
| Point Four Program? | The Point Four Program was a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman at his inauguration speech on January 20, 1949. It took its name from the fact that it was mentioned as the fourth among the forei |
| Power | P associated with Realism, competition of power, and coersion |
| Power, National Security Conception of NI | -power -spheres of influence -absence of principles |
| Preemption | Act before another country acts so as to PREVENT war |
| President Nixon's February visit to China 1972 | followed Secretary Kissinger's earlier negotiations in Peking, marking first important step in the process of normalizing relations with the People's Republic of China. |
| President's power in Foreign Policy | Chief of State; Chief Executive; Commander in Chief; Chief Diplomat; Chief legislator |
| Principles | P associated with democratic idealism, global democracy, and politics |
| Process of public opinion | Public Opinion - Opinion Submitting - Decision Making |
| Propaganda | the promotion of information which may or may not be correct , designed to influence the beliefs and attitudes of a foreign audience |
| Prosperity | P associated with economic liberalism, global capitalism, and economy |
| Protectionism | the imposition of trade barriers, especially tariffs, to make trading conditions favorable to domestic producers |
| Public opinion dispersion | Hardliners usually found in south; urbanites are usually internationalists |
| Questions of incompitence of BoP | Why was it believed US action could be kept covert? Why was it believed that B-26's could take out Cuban Air Force? Why was it believed brigade's moral could overcome Cuba's military Why was it believed Cuban forces were weak? Why was it believed that Cub |
| Radical (Military Inustrial) Model | individuals are not bureaucratically, but socially |
| Radical Anti-Imerpialism | """the US is an imperialistic country, even though it has no significant empire; its empire is informal, long-standing, maintained by a plethora of instruments of intervention" |
| Radio Free Asia? | "Radio Free Asia was created by the International Broadcasting Act of 1994 and began its operations in 1996. It is a private, non-profit corporation funded by Congress of the United States, and supervised by the Broadcasting Board of Governors. BBG's stat |
| Radio Free Europe? | "Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a radio and communications organization which is funded by the United States Congress. The organization exists in Europe and the Middle East. It broadcasts more than 1,000 hours per week, in 28 languages, via s |
| Radio Martí and TV Martí? | Radio and TV Martí are broadcasters based in Miami, Florida, financed by the United States government (Broadcasting Board of Governors), which transmits Spanish-language radio and TV broadcasts to Cuba. Established in 1983 by President Ronald Reagan, at t |
| Radio Sawa? | Radio Sawa is an Arabic language radio station, funded by the United States government. The station's goal is to provide what they claim is balanced news and information to youth in Arabic-speaking countries, as local news in many Middle Eastern countries |
| Rational Actor Model | "-states make deisions and policies as a rational entity -president represents rational actor ""politics stop at the water's edge"" -actor's goals can be achieved through rational process" |
| Reagan Doctrine | Oppose the influence of the Soviet Union by backing anti-communist guerrillas against the communist governments of Soviet-backed client states. Somewhat triggered by Afghanistan - aiding mujahideen to hurt Soviets |
| Realism | "What Ideology?: -""IR is a competition for the power necessary to guarentee national security"" -military power is often national poower -no moral obligations" |
| Realist Approach to Foreign Policy? | The Realist approach assumes that the use of power to promote the national interest of a state is the most successful foreign policy. |
| Representative | delegates of people are of the people and are also citizens and share values with their constituents |
| Result of Bay of Pigs | -Dulles fired -Castro held exiles US paid 53 mil. for exiles |
| Revisionist Approach to Foreign Policy? | A Revisionist approach to foreign policy seeks to alter territorial, ideological, or power distribution to the state's advantage. |
| Riga Axioms | Conferences that established Soviet Union as a ideolically driven country that cannot be dealt with |
| Rogue States | countries that break international norms and produce, sell, or use weapons |
| Roosevelt Corollary? | "The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (from 1901 to 1909) was a substantial alteration (called an ""amendment"") of the Monroe Doctrine by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. In its altered state, the Monroe Doctrine would now consider Latin Amer |
| Rootes of Isolationism | -Monroe Doctrine -American moral superiority -America escaped monarchs, churches, revolutions, fascism, and nationalism -National sovereignty and autonomy -moved away from this in 1940's (WWII) |
| Root-Takahira agreement? | "The Root-Takahira Agreement of 1908 was a contract between the United States and Japan. Relations between Japan and the United States remained tense during Theodore Roosevelt's second term. Tensions had developed earlier over spheres of influence in the |
| Russian Civil War | Russian event that preceded WWII and US-Soviet tensions |
| Sanctions against S. Africa | helped to bring an end to apartheid in 1991. |
| Self Determination | States need this _____ because: -people cannot be subordinate -there are spheres of influence -foreign domination -social unrest around the world harms US -all occurrences of foreign domination are incorrect |
| Six Pillars of US security | -superior economy -superior military -geography -power balance in Eurasia -Nuclear weapons -US isolation from foreign conflicts |
| Six Tenants of Appeasement of War | -War is caused by two parties, an aggressor and an appeaser -Deterrents are necessary b/c aggressors are present and deterrents will succeed -Credibility of a deterrent can only be demonstrated through capablility and the courage to use it -Confrontati |
| Skybolt affair? | The Nassau Agreement was a treaty negotiated between President John F. Kennedy for the United States and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan for the United Kingdom. It was discussed by the two leaders over three days in the Bahamas and signed 18 December 1962 |
| Social-democracy | System of politics-economy most countries fell into after WWII |
| Spanish American war? | A war between Spain and the United States in 1898, as a result of which Spain ceded Puerto Rico, the Philippine Islands, and Guam to the United States and abandoned all claim to Cuba, which became independant in 1902. |
| Status Quo Approach to Foreign Policy? | The Status Quo Approach to Foreign Policy seeks to maintain the territorial, ideological, or power distribution of the state. |
| Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) agreements 1972 | with U.S.S.R. prescribed mutual limitations on defensive and offensive weapons and established SALT as a continuing process. |
| Structural Defense Policy | foreign policy dealing with defense spending, military bases, and weapons procurement |
| Superterrorism | the potential use of weapons of mass destruction in a terrorist attack |
| Tariff of 1857? | The Tariff of 1857 was a major tax reduction in the United States, creating a mid-century lowpoint for tariffs. It amended the Walker Tariff of 1846 by lowering rates to around 17% on average. The Tariff of 1857's cuts lasted only three years, though. In |
| Terrorism | an act of violence that targets civilians for the purpose of provoking widespread fear that will force the government to change its policies |
| The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia 1995 | ended the Bosnian civil war by providing for NATO troops to serve as peacekeepers. |
| The Logic of Liberal Internationalism | The logic that the US has the moral obligation to contribute substantially to solving global problems |
| The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 1994 | between the United States, Canada, and Mexico took effect and the United States joined another structure that promoted global free trade, the World Trade Organization. |
| Treaty of Alliance with France, 1778 | engineered by Benjamin Franklin, enabled the fledgling republic to continue its struggle for independence |
| Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 1848 | ending 1846-48 war with Mexico, confirmed U.S. claim to Texas and completed U.S. expansion to Pacific. |
| Treaty of Paris 1898 | at end of Spanish-American War, transferred to the United States Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, expanding U.S. power into the Pacific. |
| Treaty of Paris-1783 | Great Britain recognized American independence and control over western lands as far as the Mississippi. |
| Truman Doctrine | A U.S foreign policy designed to contain communism by stoppint it's spread to Greece and Turkey. President Harry S. Truman proclaimed the Doctrine on March 12, 1947. |
| Two Types of Delegate | Burkian and Representative delegate |
| U.N. 1945 | U.S. and 50 other countries founded the United Nations |
| U.S.-China 1979 | established diplomatic relations with China |
| USAID? | The United States Agency for International Development (or USAID) is the US government organization responsible for most non-military foreign aid. An independent federal agency, it receives overall foreign policy guidance from the US Secretary of State. |
| Valid Opinion makeup | It must have noticeable preferences: -Should display options and your preference +show one's opinion as only alternative +other opinions are ineffective -Well grounded in a coherent account of the consequences of policy -Theory of an outcome with an issue |
| Voice of America? | The Voice of America (VOA) is the official broadcasting service of the United States government. It is one of the best-known stations in international broadcasting and is similar to international broadcasters such as the BBC World Service, BBC World, Deut |
| Walker tariff? | "The 1846 Walker tariff was a Democratic bill that reversed the high rates of tariffs imposed by the Whig-backed ""Black Tariff"" of 1842 under president John Tyler. It was one of the lowest tariffs in American history. The tariff's reductions (35% to 25% |
| Washington's Farewell Address | """Just and amicable feelings towards all nations"" ""No permanent attachments or hate for any nations"" ""Troubles seperating economic and political ties""" |
| Weapons of Mass Destruction | nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons that can kill a whole lotta peeps |
| Webster-Ashburton Treaty 1842 | with Great Britain delimited northeastern U.S. (Maine) boundary. |
| What branch of government negotiates treaties? | The Executive, subject to the approval of the senate. |
| What territories did the US take from Spain in the spanish american war? | Puerto Rico, The phillipines, and Cuba. it took place starting in 1898. The phillipinos, and later the cubans would fight for their independance. |
| Who can receive foreign ambassadors? | Only the president. |
| Wilson's 14 points? | Presented at Peace Talks (1919) at end of WWI: Versailles. St. Germain and Trianon Treaties. Free trade and lower tariffs. Reductions is armaments. Decolonization of empires. Self determination with trusteeships. CREATE INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING FORCE WI |
| World Bank | economic institution that makes large low-cost loans with long repayment terms to countries, primarily for infrastructure construction or repairs |
| Yalta Conferences | Confrences that established Soviet Union as a reasonable rational power that can be dealt with with diplomatically |