Dealing with Other Countries

Tough Choices, Deep Roots, Lasting Consequences

1. Tough Choices any Nation's Leaders must make 
 

A. Isolation Or Internationalism ?

B. Use Force Or Diplomacy To Settle Disputes ?

  Economic sanctions: an alternative to military force

C. Act Alone or in Alliance?

    NATO

    The United Nations 

D. What Are Other Nations Really Up To ?

E. What Costs Are Tolerable ?

    Military force is very expensive.

    The costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are over 3 trillion dollars. 

F. How do foreign policy choices affect domestic politics?

  
             Presidential elections

   Congress and pork-barrel defense policy

   Do Americans think the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were worth it.

2. Deep Roots: 
     The Choice of the Past Affect Choice in the Present and Future 
  
 

    1945-1989: The Cold war with the Soviet Union, the world's other superpower

           
            Containment

    The War in Vietnam

    1989 - to the present: The Post-Cold War World

3. Globalization

Goods and Services

Capital

Information

People: The Immigration Issue