Foriegn Policy
“Foreign policy is a relatively consistent course of conduct pursued by a state over an appreciable period in its relations with other states. American foreign policy has been largely determined by precedent and tradition, international treaties, moral and legal obligations, national interest, and physical circumstances. During most of its course it emphasized neutrality, freedom of navigation and trade, noninvolvement in European affairs, and resistance to foreign encroachments on the Western Hemisphere. Involvement in World War I interrupted the main trend. After World War II American foreign policy emphasized cooperation with the United Nations in the peaceful solution of the world problems, Marshall Plan aid to Europe and similar assistance to underdeveloped countries, a system of alliances (as NATO, SEATO, CENTO) for the containment of Communist aggression, and direct military confrontation of Communist aggressors (as in Korea, Vietnam). The President formulates foreign policy with the aid of the Secretary of State, Specialists in the State Department, and confidential advisers. The Senate and House committees on foreign affairs wield great influence because of the necessity for obtaining the Senate’s consent to tre
A nation needs many qualities to survive, but most of all it needs faith and confidence. Skeptics can’t build great societies; it is the idealists that are the great builders. It is only the societies that believe in themselves and their purposes that will rise to their challenges. (American Foreign Policy: pg 42) The framers of our constitution believed in the purpose of creating a government that would survive the tests of time, but when it came time to write Article II, Section 2, Clause 2, which states, “The President shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur.” several different opinions on who should have domineering power in the situation arose. The Idea of the President and Senate having somewhat of equal power in foreign relations had already been brought up when the debate began. It was too Eldridge Gerry’s observation that a majority of the senate would actually only represent about one-fifth of the people, so a vote of two thirds present was all the more needed. Virginia disagreed to a certain extent, they believed that a two-thirds majority of the whole number of the Senate was needed not just of those in attendance, to ratify commercial treaties, and they wanted a three-fourths majority of all the members of both Houses for making treaties that involved issues of territorial or navigational rights. John Jay and his colleges enthusiastically approved of the joint responsibility vested by the constitution in the President and the Senate having a hand in foreign affairs. Jay believed that the members of the lower h
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