Key National Security Departments

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• Consistent values that were basis for founding
  the country
• National myth of the founding of the country
• Government structure established in Constitution
• Major historical events
• Major recent events
• Religions place in society, particularly
  Judeo-Christian values
• Ethnic composition of society
• Race relations
• Strength of civil society
• Immigration practices
• Threats to security
• Geopolitics
• Availability of resources
• Technology
• Leaders personal style

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Cold War US Strategic Culture

• Individual freedom, human rights, democracy
• Belief in capitalism, free markets need for oil
• Defense against spread of Communism
• Reliance on technology (nukes, satellites)
• Godless adversary
• Permanent crisis, more power to President
• Inter-service rivalry in the military
• Immigration preference for Communist states

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Key Questions

• What are the characteristics of the post-Cold War
  period?
• Was Americas Cold War-era strategic culture
  still relevant?
• How do Haass six foreign policy doctrines
  reflect US strategic culture?
• How did US views on multilateralism change
  through the 1990s?
• How did US views on force structure change
  between Presidents Bush and Clinton?

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Key Questions

• What are the characteristics of the post-Cold War
  period?
• Was Americas Cold War-era strategic culture
  still relevant?
• How do Haass six foreign policy doctrines
  reflect US strategic culture?
• How did US views on multilateralism change
  through the 1990s?
• How did US views on force structure change
  between Presidents Bush and Clinton?

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Post-Cold War Period

• US goals and interests
• Threats
• Opportunities
• Domestic political concerns
• Economics
• International organizations

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• Consistent values that were basis for founding
  the country
• National myth of the founding of the country
• Government structure established in Constitution
• Major historical events
• Major recent events
• Religions place in society, particularly
  Judeo-Christian values
• Ethnic composition of society
• Race relations
• Strength of civil society
• Immigration practices
• Threats to security
• Geopolitics
• Availability of resources
• Technology
• Leaders personal style

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Key Questions

• What are the characteristics of the post-Cold War
  period?
• Was Americas Cold War-era strategic culture
  still relevant?
• How do Haass six foreign policy doctrines
  reflect US strategic culture?
• How did US views on multilateralism change
  through the 1990s?
• How did US views on force structure change
  between Presidents Bush and Clinton?

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Cold War US Strategic CultureDoes it Fit the
Post-Cold War World?

• Individual freedom, human rights, democracy
• Belief in capitalism, free markets need for oil
• Defense against spread of Communism
• Reliance on technology (nukes, satellites)
• Godless adversary
• Permanent crisis, more power to President
• Inter-service rivalry in the military
• Immigration preference for Communist states

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Key Questions

• What are the characteristics of the post-Cold War
  period?
• Was Americas Cold War-era strategic culture
  still relevant?
• How do Haass six foreign policy doctrines
  reflect US strategic culture?
• How did US views on multilateralism change
  through the 1990s?
• How did US views on force structure change
  between Presidents Bush and Clinton?

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Haass 6 Doctrines

• Hegemony
• Isolationism
• Wilsonianism
• Economism
• Humanitarianism
• Realism

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Key Questions

• What are the characteristics of the post-Cold War
  period?
• Was Americas Cold War-era strategic culture
  still relevant?
• How do Haass six foreign policy doctrines
  reflect US strategic culture?
• How did US views on multilateralism change
  through the 1990s?
• How did US views on force structure change
  between Presidents Bush and Clinton?

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Key Questions

• What are the characteristics of the post-Cold War
  period?
• Was Americas Cold War-era strategic culture
  still relevant?
• How do Haass six foreign policy doctrines
  reflect US strategic culture?
• How did US views on multilateralism change
  through the 1990s?
• How did US views on force structure change
  between Presidents Bush and Clinton?

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• Consistent values that were basis for founding
  the country
• National myth of the founding of the country
• Government structure established in Constitution
• Major historical events
• Major recent events
• Religions place in society, particularly
  Judeo-Christian values
• Ethnic composition of society
• Race relations
• Strength of civil society
• Immigration practices
• Threats to security
• Geopolitics
• Availability of resources
• Technology
• Leaders personal style

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