Contemporary American Foreign Policy

Contemporary American Foreign Policy

Contemporary American Foreign Policy

The September 11 bombing was a very transformational event which affected not only the United States of America but also the rest of the world . One of its main effects was on the nature of the US foreign policy , wherein it changed the way the United States deal with other nations . This could be rooted to the country 's efforts to avoid further incidents like those terrorists attacks which caused great losses both in lives and money . For me , I agree that these terrorists

' attacks posed great impacts in the United States foreign policy , and this is manifested all throughout the country

After the historic attacks during the 9 /11 bombing , the focus and character of the presidential administration of the United States have radically changed their relations with other countries like Russia China , and Pakistan . Further changes on the US foreign policy included maintaining a strong presence of the United States in Afghanistan to make sure that it will not be a breeding ground for terrorists , as well as discriminating policy issues which are important but separate from terrorism . Another focus of the US foreign policy has also included preemptive actions against terrorists and those who support these terrorists . Lastly is to reduce poverty , oppression and other problems that would usually give rise to terror ADDIN EN .CITE Gallup International2Gallup International ,Global Survey Results give a thumbs down to US foreign policy2002http /209 .85 .173 .104 /search ?q cache :gqIG5nusRCYJ :www .voice-of-t he-people .net /Contents /docs /Terrorism_and_US_foreign_policy .pdf effe cts of terrorism on us foreign policy hl en ct clnk cd 1 amp client firefox-a (Gallup International , 2002

As I can remember , the United States foreign policy was not that strict with regards to matters of national security before the 9 /11 attacks Because of that experience , the policy makers didn 't want to take risks on having those incidents occur again in the future . The changes in the foreign policy were necessary measures to ensure the safety of the country and the people

Response to Critique 1

The critique 's reference to historical events which have great impacts on the US foreign policy was a good idea . It was able to point out that these events proved that there is no concrete foreign policy , which it is also subject to change depending on the situation . However , it dwelled on these historical events rather than further analyzing the events which led to the changes in the current US foreign policy , and that is the 9 /11 bombing . The critique could be further improved by tackling the changes which has been made in the foreign policy because of the terrorists ' attacks and comparing it with historical data regarding the past events which has been specified in the critique

Response to Critique 2

The critique presented sufficient information regarding the reaction of the public regarding the current US foreign policy , and it was shown through the disapproval ratings by the public . This critique...