The U.S. needs to pay close attention to the responsibility it holds if it hopes to keep its place as an international superpower. The government should consistently work to ensure that U.S. foreign policy rises to the post-Cold War challenges, more recently terrorism, in a manner that is reflective of America's core values. Protecting human rights is in the national interest of the United States and should play an important role, if not the most important in U.S. foreign policy. Above all, human lives should be preserved and protected. How can one live with the thought that people in other nations are being oppressed, and even killed just because they don’t comply with the leaders’ way of ruling? The fact of the matter is that the United States has that responsibility to provide help for those that are in danger of losing their lives simply because we are a nation of freedom and democratic values. This is a hard stance to defend since we will be risking American lives for the cause of humanity, which sounds contradictory. How do you convince a mother of an 18-year old son that it’s for the best that her son goes to war to protect another nation’s freedom, especially if it’s a country most people aren’t familiar with,
The purpose of foreign policy is to uphold a nation’s stability and interaction with other countries. It is policy that provides a strong national security, keeps a good economy with other nations, and it is a chance to provide influence in the world while promoting international peace. Why is it that we are involved in so many of the world’s conflicts? It is sad to say, but many of the reasons that we are involved in conflicts are not because we necessarily feel pity for others, but because of self-interest. It is understandable how a leader would want their country to flourish and would therefore do almost anything for it to happen, but in order for that to occur, many things must be addressed and other solutions besides intrusion should surface. For instance, in Latin America, particularly in Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua, U.S. policies in the region were driven primarily by a desire to ensure political stability and protect American business interest in the early decades of the 20th century. The U.S. will forever act in a defensive manner, always doubting the motives of nations. If the U.S. could cooperate with nations, as opposed to threatening them, as in the case of Bosnian Serbs that were bombed in order to force them to respect UN dec
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