Foreign and Domestic Policy

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Foreign and Domestic Policy

• Defined and
• Goals of

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Domestic Policy Defined

• Domestic policy
• decisions, laws, and programs made by the
  government which are directly related to issues
  inside the United States. Sometimes domestic and
  foreign policies influence each other.

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Domestic Policy, Continued

• In government, domestic policy is the counterpart
  of foreign policy it consists of all government
  policy decisions, programs, and actions that
  primarily deal with internal matters, as opposed
  to relations with other nation-states.
• Major areas of domestic policy include
• tax policy, social security and welfare programs,
  environmental laws, and regulations on businesses
  and their practices.

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Examples of Domestic Policy IssuesList the 5 you
think are most important

• Federal Budget
• Constitutional Rights
• Crime and Drugs
• The Economy
• Education
• Health Care
• Immigration
• Poverty
• Minorities

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Foreign Policy Defined

• Foreign policy
• Policies of the federal government directed to
  matters beyond (outside) US borders, especially
  relations with other countries.
• International objectives pursued by a country in
  dealings with other countries,
• The methods to achieve the objectives, in order
  to advance national interests.

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U.S. Foreign Policy

• The U.S. foreign policy is dynamic.
• It is always changing and will continue to change
  as times and world affairs change.

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Examples of Foreign PolicyList the 5 you think
are the most important

• Defense
• Democracy and Human Rights
• Foreign Aid
• The Global Environment
• International Trade
• Weapons Proliferation
• Activities in Regions of the World

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Goals of Foreign Policy

• National Security
• World Peace
• Self- government (democracy)
• Free and Open Trade
• Concern for Humanity

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Goal National Security

• To remain free and independent
• To be secure from unwanted foreign influence
• Includes the use of ambassadors and treaties
• Military
• CIA
• Central Intelligence Agency
• FBI
• Federal Bureau of Investigations

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Goal World Peace

• Promote peace and prevent conflicts
• Cooperation with governments of foreign nations
• Help save lives, money, and resources in foreign
  nations
• Give aid to foreign nations
• Membership in The United Nations

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March 6, 2013

• NO First 5
• Objectives students will be able to identify
  the pros and cons of Free Trade.
• Agenda A few notes- complete worksheet on Policy

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GoalSelf Government /Democracy

• Encourage the growth of democracy in other
  nations and regions
• Fair elections, choices, individual freedoms
• Immigration
• Defined To enter and settle in a country or
  region to which one is not native
• Emigration
• Defined Migration from a place

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Goal Free Trade

• Trade arrangements where tariffs or other
  barriers to the free flow of goods and services
  are eliminated.
• The basic argument for free trade is based on the
  idea that each region should concentrate on what
  it can produce most cheaply and efficiently and
  should exchange its products for those it is less
  able to produce economically.

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March 4, 2015

• Objectives Students will be able to identify
  pros and cons of Free Trade.
• NO Opening or Closing Question
• Agenda a few notes/review

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What are the Disadvantages and Advantages of Free
Trade????
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Disadvantages of Free Trade

• Small local companies get out maneuvered and
  overtaken by large corporate companies
• Fewer jobs available for some home countries
• Example few jobs available for US auto makers
• there is more competition.

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Advantages of Free Trade

• Provides employment around the world
• competition creates lower cost of goods
• forces countries into specializing in what they
  are good at
• This increased efficiency and results in a lower
  opportunity costs
• Offers access to natural resources around the
  world
• Oil, other

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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

• A trade agreement between the United States,
  Canada, and Mexico, which took effect January 1,
  1994. Its purpose is to promote trade between one
  another and increase the efficiency and fairness
  of trade between the three nations.

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Goal Humanitarian

• Defined Having concern for or helping to improve
  the welfare of other people.
• Helps to provide political stability in other
  nations.
• Examples
• Aid for natural disasters around the world
• Aid for food shortages
• Aid of medical supplies and technology

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Foreign Policy Categories

• Isolationism
• Imperialism
• Interventionism

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Isolationism

• Avoidance of international relations
• A government policy based on the belief that
  national interests are best served by avoiding
  economic and political alliances with other
  countries.

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Interventionism

• Involvement in another countrys affairs
• Political interference or military involvement by
  one country in the affairs of another.

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Imperialism

• Belief in empire-building
• The policy of extending the rule or influence of
  a country over other countries or colonies.
• Domination by an empire
• The political, military, or economic domination
  of one country over another.

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Who makes foreign policy in the US?

• The President
• Article II of the US Constitution
• establishes the president as commander-in-chief
  of the military
• gives the president the power to
• make treaties with other countries
• appoint ambassadors to other countries and
  receive ambassadors from other countries
• The US Senate
• Plays a key role in giving approval to the
  president to take decided upon actions
• Carried out by
• Vice President
• US Department of State
• Secretary of State

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US Department of State

• Sometimes called The State Department
• Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the US
  government
• Part of the Executive Branch of government
• under the president
• The lead U.S. foreign affairs agency
• The Department advances U.S. objectives and
  interests in the world through its primary role
  in developing and implementing the President's
  foreign policy
• Lead by the Secretary of State
• the President's principal foreign policy advisor
• Currently Condoleezza Rice
• 3rd most powerful position in foreign affairs
  policy matters
• 4th in the presidential line of succession

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Decision Making Possible actions government
might take

• Do nothing Pres. statement
• Call for negotiations Propaganda
• Economic aid Economic sanctions
• Send military materials Military presence
• Military threats Blockade
• Mobilize troops Subversive action
• Use troops spy
• Bombing assassination
• Invasion weaken leadership