American Foreign Policy Theories it Has Been
It has been said that all politics are local, meaning that whatever the issue, an individual always views it from the perspective of their own personal life. And since their personal life exists in a local environment, a person's view of a political issue is always clouded by local circumstances. Roarke and Boyer, in "International Politics on the World Stage" assert that a nation's international policy can often be guided by their internal circumstances. This paper will discuss three books that investigate the theoretical basis for American foreign policy during and after the Cold War, as well as the current American foreign policy under President Barack Obama.
U.S. Foreign Policy Shifts After September 11, 2001
Over its history, American foreign policy has proven remarkably flexible. Indeed, critics have said it has been too flexible -- "too naive, too calculating, too openhanded, too violent, too isolationist, too unilateral,…