Question 1

Compare and contrast the foreign policy positions of neoliberals and neoconservatives. What ideological commitments inform each perspective?

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Question 2

Explain the position of the four perspectives on foreign policy (neoconservative, neoliberal, conservative maintainer, and isolationist) with respect to the Iraq War.

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Question 3

Compare and contrast the transformer and maintainer foreign policy perspectives.

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Question 4

List and explain three ways in which domestic politics influences foreign policy.

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Question 5

Identify the two concerns that foreign political activity in the United States has raised.

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Question 6

Identify the three pathways that American citizens can use to influence foreign policy.

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Question 7

Do elections provide mandates for foreign policy? Why or why not?

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Question 8

What is the Vietnam Syndrome? Is it still important in U.S. foreign policy?

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Question 9

Name five individuals and institutions that support the president in his or her role as commander in chief, and briefly describe their roles and significance.

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Question 10

Explain the tension within the U.S. intelligence community over the allocation of resources and the development of a coherent intelligence policy.

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Question 11

Explain how Congress influences the foreign policy decision-making process, differentiating between strategic, bipartisan, and competitive Congresses.

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Question 12

Evaluate the relationship between military and economic foreign policy.

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Question 13

Identify three reasons why preemption is controversial.

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Question 14

What is the most important global issue facing the United States today? What should be done about it?

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Question 15

Do you think that the United States spends too much on foreign aid (see Table 18.2 below)? Why or why not?

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Question 16

Compare and contrast the four perspectives on foreign policy held by neoconservatives, neoliberals, conservatives and isolationists. Which do you think most accurately describes contemporary U.S. foreign policy? Why?

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Question 17

Discuss the four conflicting foreign policy perspective evaluations of the Iraq War. Which evaluation falls most in line with the current sentiments of the American public in your opinion?

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Question 18

How do your own values and ideological commitments shape your view of the Iraq War?

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Question 19

Discuss the ways in which foreign and domestic policy influence one another. What public concerns exist about the impingement of American foreign policy on domestic policy?

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Question 20

What role does public opinion play in the making of American foreign policy? In your opinion, does public opinion play too big or too small a role?

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Quiz 15: Foreign and National Security Policy