Final PEEU Flashcards
The mission of this Department is to provide the military forces needed to prevent war and to protect the security of our country. This consists of the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Department of Defense
The power to carry out laws within one’s own border
Sovereignty
The policy usually leads to conflicts and war due to the taking of land
Expansionist or Expansionism
Characteristics of a nation (at least 2 of 3)
Defined borders, government and sovereignty
Nations wanted colonies for (At least one reason)
Supply crops, natural resources, and a cheap sources of labor
This Department is the nation´s main conservation agency
Department of the Interior
The policy that say that a nation should keep to itself and avoid interactions with the other nations
Isolationism
A sense of pride in their shared history and a loyalty in their nation
Nationalism
People in this type of nation are typically poor, many are hungry and often times their are not enough jobs for those who need work
Developing nation
The missions of this Department are to prevent and disrupt terrorist attacks; protect the American people and key resources; and respond to and recover from incidents that do occur
Department of homeland security
this idea said that it was the right of the US and its people to be able to expand and take land from others
Manifest Destiny
The policy sought to contain communism and keep it from spreading
Containment
This caused the US to initially break its policy of Isolationism
German Aggression during WWI
Has the final say on all treaties
Congress
The mission of this Department is to enforce the law and defend the interest of the US according to the law
Department of Justice
The reason that the US did not the League of Nations
Congress wanted to return to Isolationism
What said that other Nations should not enter the Western Hemisphere because it was the US area to control
Monroe Doctrine
What are possible foreing policy options to dealing with North Korea
Military strike, six party negotiations, bilateral negotiations, withdraw from the Korean Peninsula
Thomas Jefferson believe in a policy of
Isolationism
This Department plays the lead role in developing and implementing the President´s foreign policy
Department of State
A major reason that people are opposed to the US giving foreign aid to other nations
Taking care of issues at home first
The policy that George Washigton believed very strongly in
Isolationism
What governmental agency advises the president about weaponry and what to develop as well as where to place troops and build bases around the globe?
Department of Defense
What is the definition of executive agreements?
Agreement between the president the leader of another country
What is the definition of executive agreements?
An agreement between the president and the leader of another country
A meeting at which the President talks about important issues with other heads of state
Summit Meeting
Type of foreign policy in which it is the goal to prevent the spread of communism
Containment
A plan that outlines the goals a country hopes to meet in terms of tions with other countries is the definition of what?
Foreign Policy
He was the last Cold War president
George H. W. Bush
President Clinton adopted ——— as a central focus of his administration’s foreign policy agenda
Democratization
President George W. Bush championed a doctrine of…
Preemption
President Obama´s foreign policy approach was…
Consequentialist
Which has been identified as the central threat to long term US interests?
China
Trump replaced the responsible stakeholder consensus for China competition
True
Currently this is the major issue dominating our foreign policy today, especially from Islamic groups.
Terrorism
China is still communist today
True
What event first led us to step away from the policy of isolationism?
WWI
The security of defense is the commander in chief of the military:
False the president is the commander in chief
Name one governmental agency that plays a key role in developing and carrying out foreign policy:
Department of State, Department of Defense, National Security Council
America still uses isolationism as the basis for our foreign policy
False
What is the definition of treaties?
Formal agreements with 2 or more countries
America encourages all countries around the world to respect human rights
True
Russia is still communist today
False
Name one benefit of trade
Good for US economy, cretes markets for american goods and services or interdependence
To whom does the constitution give the major responsibility for making foreign policy?
The President
Foreign policy that seeks to limit our relations with other countries as much as possible
Isolationism
What is an attack or threat of an attack by another country?
Aggression
Why is NSC 68 seen as a turning point in US Cold War Foreign policy?
It indicated a shift towards military containment
Which of the following organizations replaced the State Department as the presidents primary source of advice on foreign policy matters following World War II?
The National Security Council
Which of the following does not require the Senate´s formal approval?
Directing the conduct of warfare
The president made a speech in which he said: Our great nation will do everything possible to find a peaceful solution. I will personally speak to anyone willing to come to the table and try to find a compromise in order to avoid further conflict, even by issuing any executive order that might help the process. But if no compromise is achieved, I will be force to commence military actions and declare war as these are clearly not people who can be reached by rational argument. Which of the elements contained within this speech is not a reflection of the president’s powers?
The power to declare war
Which of the following is not a function of the State Department?
Negotiating directly with foreign governments
What was the Domino Theory?
The idea that the fall of one state to communism would inexorably lead to the fall of its neighbors
Who was the intellectual founder of the containment policy?
George Kennan
Why is the post-War economic dominance of the US under threat?
China is a rising economic power
Why is a Japan-China conflict in the Asia-Pacific unlikely?
The two states have a special relationship
Why do interest groups focus their attention on Congress’ role in the foreign policy process?
Congress is itself a sort of interest group
How did Congress seek to assert its role in the foreign policy in the wake of the Vietnam War?
By impeaching the President over the conduct of the war
In regard to foreign policy news, many Americans have a preference for which of the following?
Soft news
Which are the pillars of US Foreign Policy
Diplomacy, defense and Liberal Internationalism
What is meant by a grand strategy of primacy?
Striving for American dominance in the international system
Why did the US cut off aid to Zaire, Liberia and Sudan and redirect it to South Africa, Eth Mozambique in the wake of the Cold War´s end?
Ais was redirected to state actively engaged in democratization
What is the core reason as to why the US is viewed as exceptional?
Because of its despotic character, which as rooted in a sense of its special mission
Why is it meant by executive prerogative?
A set of extra-constitutional powers claimed by the Presidency in times of emergency
He was the last Cold War president
George H. W. Bush
President George W. Bush championed a doctrine of
Preemption
Which of those were the foreign policy objectives of president Obama?
Ending the Iraq and Afganistan wars and bringing american troops home
Engaging with adversaries to address a number of issues
“Resetting” and “restarting” relations with allies and other major powers
Dealing with global economic and military issues, notably nuclear prolifera
President Obama´s foreign policy approach was
Consequentialist
Trump replaced the “responsible stakeholder” consensus for China …
True
