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Foreign Policy. Polarity. Unipolar Bipolar Multipolar Supportership. Schools of IR. Liberal Idealism (Classical) Realism Neo-Liberal Institutionalism Neo-Realism. Levels of analysis. I. Individual II. Domestic III. Systemic. Diplomacy.
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Polarity • Unipolar • Bipolar • Multipolar • Supportership
Schools of IR • Liberal Idealism • (Classical) Realism • Neo-Liberal Institutionalism • Neo-Realism
Levels of analysis • I. Individual • II. Domestic • III. Systemic
Diplomacy • Archie Bunker: “Getting someone to do something they don't wanna by promising to do something you ain't got no intention of doing” • A more formal definition: The total process by which states carry on political relations with each other; settling conflicts among nations by peaceful means
Actors on the global stage • States • IGO’s • UN system • Regional • NGO’s • TNC’s
Presidential Powers • Commander-in-Chief • Make treaties (with consent of Senate) • Appoint ambassadors and officials (with consent of Senate) • Receive/Refuse to Receive foreign ambassadors
Congressional Powers • Declare war • Budget • Raise, support and maintain the army and navy • Call out the militia to repel an attack
Informal Presidential Powers • Executive Agreement • Discretionary Fund • Transfer Authority • Special Envoys
War Powers Resolution • Notify Congress within 48 hours of committing troops to a foreign intervention • Once deployed troops may not remain for more than 60 days without affirmative Congressional approval (30 more days are allowed for “safe” removal) • Congress must be consulted at “every possible instance” • Passed in 1973 over Nixon’s veto
Foreign Policy Bureaucracy • Dept. State • US AID • Dept. Defense • NSC • Intelligence Community
American Foreign Policy • Washington’s Admonishment • Monroe Doctrine • Isolationism • Globalism • Cold War: • Roll back • Containment • Deterrence • Détente • Afghan and Iraq Wars