P SC 1113 1st Edition Lecture 26Outline of Last LectureI. A Growing GovernmentII. Before the 20th CenturyIII. Transition to Social PolicyIV. New Deal PoliticsV. Social Security: A Permanent LegacyVI. Health Care PolicyVII. Social Welfare PolicyVIII. Education PolicyOutline of Current LectureI. In the BeginningII. Modifying MonroeIII. World Ward II as TransformativeIV. A Lasting ShiftV. The “I’s”VI. Setting PolicyVII. Who makes the Policy?VIII. Non-State PlayersIX. Instruments to Solve ProblemsX. Challenges Moving ForwardCurrent LectureI. Foreign PolicyA. Should the U.S. serve as the world’s policeman? Why or why not?B. Are there parts of the world you believe the U.S. needs to be paying more attention to or less attention to? Why?C. In the Beginning1. U.S. is weak, on margins of the world2. Had resources though and industrious people3. Philosophy was isolationist4. Involved in trade5. Fear: Europe would try to assert itself in the westD. Modifying Monroe1. U.S. becomes powerful as it expands and developsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.2. Roosevelt Corollary: we will ensure stability in our hemisphere3. World War I: a test4. Originally neutral, but drawn in5. Afterward: push for multinational organization for peace fall flatE. World War II as Transformative1. U.S. becomes leader of most powerful coalition2. Also: only major power not decimated3. Reassessment of foreign policy takes place4. How can we assure lasting peace?5. Answer: new organization like UNF. A Lasting Shift1. Move toward internationalism, multilateralism2. Focus on cooperation3. NATO formed to contain Soviets4. Truman Doctrine offers assistance to fighting communism5. Marshall Plan: rebuild and stabilize western EuropeG. The “I’s”1. Isolation: put American concerns first, not interfere2. Internationalism/Interventionalism: be actively involved or notH. Setting Policy1. Structural defense policy: spending and bases2. Strategic policy: our everyday stance toward other nations3. Crisis policy: how do we deal with emergenciesI. Who Makes the Policy?1. President (Commander in Chief, also chief diplomat)2. Executive Branch (National Security Council gives advice, State Department and Defense Department manage foreign affairs, military)3. Congress (declaring war, appropriations, treaty ratification)J. Non-State Players1. Intergovernmental Organizations (UN, NATO, EU)2. Non governmental Organizations (Greenpeace, Amnesty International, Red Cross)3. Multinational Corporations (Nike, Microsoft)4. Other actors: those with governments but no territories (Palestine), terrorist groups (Al Qaeda)K. Instruments to Solve Problems1. Political: use propaganda, conduct diplomacy2. Economic: aid, sanctions, embargo3. Military: as threat to deter or compel, strike preemptively or in retaliationL. Challenges Moving Forward1. Terrorism2. Existing conflicts and alliances3. Free trade vs. protectionism4. Problems without
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