Essays on Foreign Policy

Introduction The media is often referred to as the “Fourth Estate,” meaning the fourth branch of government in terms of visibility and influence – for better or for worse. Realists find hasty media influence to be detrimental to the meticulous, costly, and measured process of determining intervention in foreign conflicts. They believe that such a…

National security, foreign policy, and immigration have been three topics intertwined in the history of America since its very beginnings. The idea that America is willing to open its arms to all who come, as long as this is done in an organized and safe manner, it’s part of what we are as a country…

Introduction David R. Stilwell stated in his remarks that the U.S. has provided deliberate, direct and specific support for China’s development. The U.S. extended hand of friendship and provided peaceful and stable environment for China to grow in. However, China has not reciprocated (2019). The U.S. foreign policy towards China has been liberalism approach which…

“George Washington’s Farewell Address in 1789 contained one major piece of advice to the country regarding relations with other nations: ‘avoid entangling alliances.’ These words shaped United States foreign policy for more than a century” (http://www.ushistory.org/gov/11a.asp). Today, affairs with other countries are the primary approach for developing peace throughout the world. Foreign policy is a…

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word “legacy” is defined primarily as an amount of money or property left to someone in a will and secondly, as something left or handed down by a predecessor. The Cambridge English Dictionary offers similar definitions, with “legacy” meaning money or property that you receive from someone after…

The US has made their fair of agreements with foreign countries regarding many different matters. In 2015 an agreement was made for new limits on Teheran’s nuclear program after Washington gave in to Iranian demands to lift a certain embargo. Iran and six other world powers agreed to the historic deal in return for relief…

The end of World War Two saw the transition of the international balance of power fall to the remaining two dominating world political powers, the United States and the Soviet Union. The United States became primarily focused on the prevention of Soviet influence and literal expansion further around the world, marking the start of the…

International cooperation and diplomacy play a significant role in helping countries to improve their internal as well as external outlook and improve the potential for development. The nature of those tools, as the history shows, is rather fickle and constantly changing. On the one hand, countries follow their national interest following the raison d’etat policy,…

As post-World War II politics revolved around two world superpowers in the United States and the Soviet Union fighting to spread ideas of democracy and communism, respectively, it came to an end in 1989. Two years later, the Soviet Union was officially dismantled, leaving the United States as the sole superpower in the world. With…

Foreign policy has always been a hot topic but in the days of the Trump administration it is more important than ever to keep track of what is happening. In today’s current political climate it seems that each day more news appears and sides change. Donald Trump’s current administration is pushing a more “America first”…