American Democracy Now, 2nd Edition (Harrison)

Chapter 17: Foreign Policy and National Security

Chapter Summary

In consideration of the future foreign policy and national security challenges confronting the United States, the chapter's analysis contains the following:

• The tools of foreign policy, including diplomacy, trade and economic policies, and military options
• The agents responsible for creating foreign policy, including the executive and legislative branches, as well as the media, interest groups of other nations, and private individuals
• A historical perspective from the ratification of the Constitution until World War II
• An analysis of the postwar era and the United States' emergence as a world superpower
• A post-9/11 foreign policy and national security analysis
• A discussion of the future challenges confronting United States foreign policy