The US President is the one person who has the most influence and power in dealing with foreign countries. He is the head of state in the US and as such represents the US government to foreign leaders and sets the tone in how the US treats a foreign government. Through the Secretary of state , whom he appoints, within limits, he can give out or withhold monetary aid and military aid. The president is the commander-in-chief to enforce a protest about the behavior of a foreign government. Just moving battleships into an area sends a message. He can order trade embargoes or restrict travel to and from a foreign country. With the advice and consent of the US senate he can negotiate treaties and accords. He appoints the ambassadors to foreign countries and gives them instructions on what policy to follow. He controls the CIA and can order secret operations , such as assassinations in foreign countries.
The Cold War.
world war 2
World War 2
Isolationism
The United States Department of State handles foreign affairs.
Cui Tiankai is the Ambassador to the US for China.
In 1900, Woodrow Wilson wrote about the executive branch of the US government and the role of a US president in foreign affairs. Wilson believed that when foreign affairs dominated the policies of the nation, the US president should have a dominating role. He wrote that the US Chief Executive must by necessity be the nation's guide. In the form of initial judgments and steps of action required. The president had the duty of supplying the US Congress as to why certain steps were required. In large measure the president needs the power to deal with foreign issues.In 1918 however, Wilson's international plans for a peace ending WW 1 fell into the hands of the US Senate which rejected most of Wilson's plans for the coming years.
Gilbert Galanxhi is the Ambassador to the US for Albania.
The Secretary of State
Stay out of foreign affairs.
Minister of Foreign Affairs or as used in the US, the Secretary of State.
the united states has a major role in world affairs because when foreign have national problems, they come and usually depend on the united states to fix it. The united states would be like a main character in a play involving the whole world.