American Foreign Policy

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)

In May of 1982, President Ronald Reagan gave a speech at his alma mater in which he outlined his plan for national defense. It involved reducing the...
American Foreign Policy: Interventionist Positions

While many would argue that the United States has never been...
The Patriot Act

The USA PATRIOT [Uniting and Strengthening America By Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism] Act, was a bill written and passed in response to the terrorist attacks on the United...
America and China

As a young nation in the 1800s, the United States sought to promote friendly relations with China. Undoubtedly eager to capitalize on the exotic exports China had to offer, the United States welcomed the potential for...
America and Transnational Terrorism

While terrorism was not new for many nation-states around the globe, the United States was brutally awakened to the enormity of the threat after the second attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 (9-11...
America and North Korea

Prior to WWII, Korea had spent several decades under repressive Japanese occupation. Following the Russo-Japanese war (1904-1905), Russia and Japan debated splitting Korea into two nations. Just 40 years later a very...
America and Foreign/Humanitarian Aid

The issue of foreign aid, specifically humanitarian aid, is hotly debated. Since the implementation of the Marshall Plan, which sought to rebuild Europe after the devastation of World War II, foreign aid has been a...
America and Iraq: 2009 and Beyond

While the debate over whether or not we should have invaded Iraq plagued the Bush Administration, it shifted for the Obama administration: When and how should the United States leave Iraq? In the midst of pressure from both sides, President Obama...
Progressive and Liberal Positions on American Foreign Policy

Liberal foreign policy has had a sweeping effect on the international forum since Woodrow Wilson's presidency. Wilson, who grew up in the post-war South, was a pacifist, and...
America and Afghanistan: 2009 & Beyond

After initially gaining the upper-hand, the United States has become bogged down in a quagmire in Afghanistan. While much attention, money and manpower were being siphoned to the War in Iraq, the situation in...
American Foreign Policy: Less-Interventionism Positions

The non-interventionist movement, like many American traditions, has its roots in the Enlightenment. The Founders were strongly concerned about the potential threat that war and foreign alliances posed to the liberty...