American Foreign Policy

Paul Frazier is Professor of History at Gateway Community and Technical College, Kentucky, USA.

• American Foreign Policy 1: The United States and the WorldQ1. Is it true that the United States contributes more to NATO than any other single nation?Q2. Does membership in the United Nations enhance American foreign policy?Q3. Does the United States maintain military bases all over the world?Q4. Does collective security work?Q5. Does the United States support or have alliances with non-democratic states?2: Foreign Policy ConceptsQ6. Is the Thucydides Trap real?Q7. Do the concepts of power vacuum and balance of power still drive foreign policy?Q8. When is soft power most frequently used to address foreign policy challenges?Q9. When is hard power most frequently used to address foreign policy challenges?Q10. What are the central theories for international relations?3: Foreign Policy MotivesQ11. Does the United States foreign policy include preemptive warfare? Q12. What is just war theory and how does it apply to American foreign policy?Q13. Is American foreign policy primarily concerned with national security?Q14. Does the United States give foreign aid to other countries?Q15. Does American foreign policy involve nation building?4: Foreign Policy in HistoryQ16. Has the United States been mostly an isolationist country?Q17. Did American foreign policy change dramatically after 9/11?Q18. What was the Bush Doctrine, and did it achieve its objectives?Q19. What was the Obama Doctrine, and did it achieve its objectives?Q20. Was America’s Cold War Containment Policy successful? 5: Foreign Policy in a Democratic SocietyQ21. Does modern day news media influence American foreign policy?Q22. Does public opinion play a role in America’s foreign policy?Q23. Does the American president have greater authority in foreign policy than in domestic policy?Current and Future Issues in American Foreign PolicyQ24. Is China a threat to the United States?Q25. Is Russia a threat to the United States?Q26. What factors have shaped U.S. involvement in Africa’s wars? Other Factors in American Foreign PolicyQ27. Does concern for human rights drive American foreign policy?Q28. Do environmental factors like climate change play a role in foreign policy?Q29. Does farming and agriculture have an impact on foreign policy?Q30. What role does economics play in foreign policy?