Foreign Policy Flashcards
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 south african apartheid legislation, wherein cities forced pension funds to divest themselves of any South African investments.
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