Foreign Policy Flashcards
Foreign Policy
government statements, actions, goals and assumptions in its official relations with other nations.
Power of the President in the Conduct of U.S. Foreign Policy as chief diplomat?
1) Power to Recognize or to Withhold Recognition of a foreign government
2) Authority to “Freeze the Assets” of another country held in the United States
3) Authority to Negotiate Treaties with foreign countries
4) Make executive agreements
5) Power to Order an Embargo Against the Shipment of Items to another country
6) Authority to Use the Military as an Instrument of Foreign Policy
How does the constitution deal with Treaty Termination
The constitution is silent on this matter
Powers of being commander in chief
1) Power to appoint military officers
2) Authority to act as a “governor” of territories subjugated by the U.S. military forces
3) . Authority to make ultimate decisions on all matters of strategy, including sole authority to order the use of nuclear weapons
War Powers Resolution of 1973
stipulated that the president could commit U.S. armed forces to hostilities or situations
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)?
is responsible for developing and coordinating U.S. international trade, commodity, and direct investment policy
Who is the ambassador of United States Trade Representative
Michael Froman
Who is the director of the CIA
John O Brennan
The Intelligence Cycle?
is the process of developing raw information into finished intelligence for policymakers to use in decision making and action.
USAID foreign aid budget?
50.3 billion
Roles of the Congress in the Conduct of U.S. Foreign Policy ?
1) establish federal budget
2) create or abolish federal agencies
3) establish agency missions
4) raise military forces
5) power to declare war
Diplomacy?
refers to the formal relations that independent nations maintain with each other
Foreign Aid?
refers to all official grants and loans made at terms softer than available commercially, in currency or in kind payments, broadly aimed at transferring resources from developed to less developed countries
Isolationism
curtailing as much as possible a nation’s international relations so that one’s country can exist in peace and harmony by itself in the world
The “Monroe Doctrine
the Western Hemisphere was closed to further European colonization and aggressive actions by European powers. In return, the U.S. promised not “to interfere in the internal concerns of Europe.”
