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US Foreign Policy
The US foreign policy is the policy through which the US interacts with other nations. The overall goal of this policy is to secure democracy for the benefit of both the American and international communities.
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Generally speaking, appeasement is a foreign policy term that speaks to a nations relationships to other nations. A nation with a foreign policy of appeasement usually infers that certain types of unruly behavior is allowed by other nations as a way to maintain peace, rather than confrontation other than dialogues concerning the situation. The classic example of this appeasement policy is the way France and England allowed Nazi Germany to break the Treaty of Versailles and other situations. The Allies, France and England, went along or appeased Hitler in order to avoid a war. If appeasement is practiced where issues are minor, then perhaps accommodation is a better term.
declaration of the Open Door policy
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An intermestic policy is one that concerns itself with both international and domestic affairs simultaneously.
What role should the US play in the efforts to achieve peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
This is a question asking for opinion, and so naturally, there will be dissenting opinions. This is my view on the matter.
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The US should have a key role in moderating the discussion between Israelis and Palestinians. As the largest financial beneficiary of both Israel and the Palestinian Authority, the US has a unique ability to leverage both countries and has the military power to back any tenuous solution with peacekeepers. However, the US should not impose a solution on the two countries, but rather help facilitate developing the tools, providing the spaces, and leading the initiatives that allow Israelis and Palestinians to find a solution. The US should also use its diplomatic clout to dislodge states that have adopted attitudes strongly favoring one side at the expense of the other, such as the Arab States, from this position.
Some of these moderating thoughts that the US should advocate in its relationships with both Israel and Palestine include:
1) Mutual Recognition: Israel would need to recognize a completely independent and sovereign Palestinian Government that would fully control a certain amount of the former British Mandate of Palestine (most likely Gaza and the West Bank). Israel would also have to confer on this state the unambiguous nature of being correct and necessary for Israel. Conversely, Palestine would have to recognize the Right for Israel to Exist as a Jewish State occupying the remaining amount of the British Mandate of Palestine (most likely 1949-Israel). Both sides would have to recognize the historical and emotional value that the land also has to the other.
2) Israeli Reparation Payments: Israel dispossessed many Palestinians of their property, either by malicious activities that took place during the Arab-Israeli Wars or by Ben-Gurion refusing to let Palestinians who left return after the 1948-9 War. Israel needs to pay the Palestinian government reparations for the land that was taken in this way.
3) Israeli Withdrawal from the Settlements: Israel must withdraw from the Settlements to provide Palestine with a viable infrastructure and complete sovereignty. The Settlers must return to Israeli territory. The buildings, however, should be left as partial payment of the above-mentioned reparations.
4) Palestinians Concession of the Right of Return:Recognizing the State of Israel as a Jewish State is meaningless if Palestinians en masse are allowed to Return to Israel. Therefore, Palestinians (and their backers) must abandon the notion that they can ever return to Israeli territory. Palestinians should leave the refugee camps and become proper citizens in this new country of Palestine.
5) Internationalization or Sharing of Jerusalem:Palestine and Israel both want Jerusalem and the only way to solve this is either divide the city East/West respectively and divide the Old City or Internationalize the City or some combination of Internationalization and division. Neither side will rest until it can assure its followers that its holy sites will be protected.
6) Liberal Thought: Just in general, people have to be willing to compromise and live with that compromise.
What is the United States perspective on the Arab-Israeli Conflict?
Answer 1
Palestine is a nation
Israel is too.
Answer 2
The United States supports both Israel, Egypt, and Palestine. The United States is also prepared to support and aide any Arab country (like Egypt) that is willing to trade violence and antagonism for peace.
The United States support for the State of Israel is the strongest of the three comes from a variety of sources. Israel has cooperated with the United States on diplomatic issues, military and intelligence exchanges, large amounts of trade, and significant technological investment. In addition there a numerous Americans who support the State of Israel because of religious convictions on top of the already-listed reasons.
Egypt is the second-largest individual recipient of American Aid (after Israel) and this money has gone to fund the Egyptian Army primarily as well as infrastructure maintenance. Given the corruption in the Mubarak Regime, not much of this money trickled down to Egyptian commoners, but it was there. The United States maintains a strategic alliance with Egypt also on account of the Suez Canal which sees most of the Persian Gulf oil-tankers pass through.
The United States is the largest donor to UNRWA, the UN organization maintaining the Palestinian Refugee Camps, and is one of the largest donors to the Palestinian Authority, the current official government of Palestine. The United States has consistently endorsed a Roadmap to Peace with a Two-State Solution since the Oslo Accords in 1993.
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No. The United States has invaded enough countries in recent memory. It does not need to launch a war against a regional ally.
How did industrialization affect us foreign policy?
the industrial revolution for most industrialized nations brought a time period of foreign policy that was expansionist. this meat many countries sought to expand territory in search for resources to fuel the revolution such as coal and iron
Under the terms of the Lend-Lease Act passed March 1941 the US government allowed the president to?
The 1941 Lend-Lease Act enabled the president to sell or lease arms to any nation critical to national defense.
Which countries are the US enemies with now?
There are several countries which are seen as an enemy of the US. The list includes China, North Korea, Iran, Russia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Pakistan.
A visa itself, typically a small piece of paper or a sticker, weighs just a few grams. However, the weight can vary slightly depending on the type of visa and the paper used. Overall, the physical weight of a visa is negligible compared to other travel documents.
Why would policy makers sacrifice major international progress for minor domestic policy gains?
I would think the reasons would depend on the details. Here are possible reasons that could be a factor.
- International benefits may hard to measure. Some foreign governments are notoriously unreliable in their promises and some are likely to fall making their agreements dubious or useless.
- The voters may not be as able to understand international gains as easily as they do domestic gain.
- The domestic gains may be more immediate and the international gains farther in the future.
- The international gains may more beneficial to special interests whereas the domestic gains aid a larger group.
No, they don't hate Arabs. It is the opposite,. They have strong relations with Arabs.
Embassy cables are a formal term for (almost always confidential) diplomatic messages sent from an embassy to the foreign ministry (or department) of the embassy's parent nation. Thus, an "embassy cable" from the US Embassy in Germany would be sent to the US Department of State.
Embassy cables typically include diplomatically sensitive information, including frank assessments of political or economic situations in the embassy's host country, details on important political figures, military info, and possibly even espionage results. They are considered sacrosant, and are not to be intercepted or monitored (they are the communications equivalent of the diplomatic pouch). Of course, most nations nonetheless monitor these from other countries, but almost always refrain from making the contents known publically.
The term comes from a time when messages were sent via submarine communication cables.
What point do defenders of the two thirds veto issue allow them to retain it?
Defenders of the two-thirds treaty issue with regards to executives making treaties has often been criticized by persons who believe that the US president should be able to conduct these negotiations with a certainty that their treaties will be solid. Historically very few treaties that have been defeated in the US Senate have not carried the two-thirds required to defeat a treaty. The most outstanding case on this in the past was President Wilson's Treaty of Versailles efforts. In 1920 however the two thirds was attained.As an aside, the recent Iran Nuke deal, did not have a two thirds majority, therefore, Obama's "deal" could not be rejected by the Senate.
Explain the US foreign policy Freedom of the Seas and its role in the US joining the war?
Because god said so
How did Arab nations deal with US support for Israel in the Yom Kippur War?
Arab Oil Embargo of 1973, limiting US access to petroleum. It ultimately failed to break the US-Israeli Alliance.
Does the US recognize Kosovo as a independent state form Serbia?
Yes. The United States was one of the first nations to recognize the independence of the Republic of Kosovo.
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In addition to closing schools and businesses and censoring the press, Taft implemented infrastructure projects to improve transportation and communication, which facilitated better governance and economic development. He also focused on establishing a civilian government to replace military rule, which helped to create a sense of normalcy and stability. Furthermore, Taft promoted public health initiatives and agricultural reforms to address the immediate needs of the Filipino population and gain their support.
specify how they would actually police the conditions of the treaty
Rest assured, there are a lot of us who'd love a crack at ISIL. I have a grudge to settle back from when they were known as Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad. However, this isn't the place to answer that question.
I know we have a law in the US known as the Neutrality Act (which is what Don Black and Wolfgang Droege were convicted under when they attempted to overthrow the government of Dominica), and it's likely that a similar exists in Canada, which is not a party to that conflict at present. Not to mention following through with these plans might entail desertion of your unit. As such, we cannot provide answers to what would be illegal acts.
I hope you figure something out, and I hope you kill a lot of them - these were the ones setting IEDs up in our AO when I was there, and I certainly have no love lost for them. Unfortunately, the policies of this site and me being an arbiter of those policies prevents me from allowing this question to be answered here.
