US Foreign PolicyBy: Brandie Duncan

What is Foreign Policy?

The way that the government deals with other nations.

Ways the President can make foreign policy

• responses to foreign events

• proposals for legislation

• negotiation of international agreements

• policy statements

• policy implementation

• independent action.

Ways Congress can make foreign policy

• resolutions and policy statements

• legislative directives

• legislative pressure

• legislative restrictions/funding denials

• informal advice

• congressional oversight

The Monroe Doctrine

• The Monroe Doctrine proclaimed that the Americas should be free from future European colonization and free from European interference in sovereign countries' affairs. It further stated the United States' intention to stay neutral in European wars and in wars between European powers and their colonies but to consider any new colonies or interference with independent countries in the Americas as hostile acts toward the United States. I think it is important that we have this because it is not only stated for us to know but for Europe to know what we were talking about and what we were doing. Its good communication.

The role of NATO in foreign policy and one current event.

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an international organization composed of the US, Canada, Britain, and a number of European countries: established by the North Atlantic Treaty (1949) for purposes of collective security. In 1994 it launched the partnerships for peace initiative, in order to forge alliances with former Warsaw Pact countries; in 1997 a treaty of cooperation with Russia was signed and in 1999 Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic became full NATO members

• A Kinder, Gentler Immigration Policy

Role of United Nations in foreign policy and one current event

• The foreign policy of the United States is the way in which it interacts with foreign nations and sets standards of interaction for its organizations, corporations and individual citizens.

• We are losing fight against al-Shabaab

Role of world hunger organizations in foreign policy and one current event

• Keep the pressure up so the governments can not ignore the issue

• More Than 1 Billion People Are Hungry in the World

How US foreign policy can affect the average US citizen

• It is a basic tenet of this site that all Americans should care about world affairs and America's role on the global stage. U.S. foreign policy affects almost every aspect of our daily lives. Prices, jobs, the supply of gasoline, taxes, and the life and death of our nation's soldiers are impacted by how we interact with the rest of the world.

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• www.scvspconnect.ed.sc.gov