Articles related to "American Foreign Policy"

The U.S. President tries to convince Israelis and Palestinians to forge a peace deal in what is his first and only trip to the Middle East during his term in office.

Under the Bush Administration, America's image abroad deteriorated nearly every place in the world; Obama promised "a new dawn of American leadership is at hand."

After expulsions from K2, Uzbekistan and Manas, Kyrgyzstan the new American foreign policy may be regaining the support of necessary silent partners north of Afghanistan.

After 25 years of enmity, President Nixon and Mao Tse-Tung ushered in a new era of world politics with "the week that changed the world."

In his early Presidency, the extreme views of President Reagan towards Communism were an attempt to maintain US strength in the world & counter the Soviet threat

The Monroe Doctrine began as tough talk that could not be enforced. By the next century it became a driving force in American foreign policy thanks to Teddy Roosevelt.

This article looks at the method of extraordinary rendition as part of the Bush administration's foreign policy regarding the "War on Terror".

During the Coolidge years of prosperity to the Great Depression and New Deal, Americans were loathe to take a critical stand against the rise of dictators & militarism.

According to a recent National Intelligence Estimate, the American homeland is still susceptible to terrorism.

The Vietnam War created doubts in Americans' minds about their government's ability to win a war. Over three decades later, the Iraq War is having the same effect.

Winning the presidency during the bicentennial year, Jimmy Carter introduced new directions in foreign policy that would ultimately contribute to his political demise.

There was a consensus after Vietnam-mainly to avoid any similar war in the future. This consensus has obviously been violated in Iraq.

James Monroe was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia in 1758.

The Marshall Plan infused struggling European economies with billions of dollars to rebuild infrastructure and thwart the efforts of Soviet Russia in Western Europe.

American incursions to other areas hearken back to those of Athenians in the Peloponnesian War, not Rome's Pax Romana. Can new American policy makers learn from history?

The Anti-Imperialist League represented the ideologies of prominent American writers, educators, and Mugwump Republicans opposed to the extension of US hegemony.

National Security Council Report 68 defined the Cold War as a global confrontation between the free world led by the U.S. & the Soviet Union intent on global domination.

The Democrats in 1950 were faced with an opposition party accusing it of being soft on Communism and allowing China to fall to Chairman Mao. Korea would prove them wrong.

A review of A Passage To Burma by Jason Denaro, a detailed political thriller with historical themes about a team of American spies under the Bush administration.

United States is the leading democracy today and yet a lower percentage of the voting-age population votes in presidential elections than in Europe.

President-elect Obama will take the best of athletes' work ethic and determination to the Oval Office.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's civil space program should be linked to U.S. goals for environment, economics and strategies, a new report said.

As hostilities between Russia and Georgia escalated, the American military backed the Georgian troops they had been equipping and training for years, but for what reason?

The first decade of the Cold War validated Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech, from the division of Europe to internal fifth columns promoting Communism.

The fear of oil shortages has afflicted the West with crises of its own making, but Leonardo Maugeri analyzes the wrong future with little focus on global warming.

The Afghan War was the USSR's "one-quarter Vietnam" in terms of soldiers killed and costs. But unlike the US after the Vietnam War, the USSR was unable to bounce back.

Ending the Korean War, achieving a budget surplus, and presiding over a period of increasing prosperity enabled Dwight D. Eisenhower to win over 57% of the vote in 1956.

John Quincy Adams, elected President in 1824 as a Democratic-Republican, was a member, during his long political career, of no less than five political parties.

The CIA operation to overthrow Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh was motivated by oil but sold to the public as an attempt to stop the Iranian Communist Tudeh Party.

Man's biography while loosely written tells the fascinating story of Mongol King Kublai Khan who did much to shape the modern world but especially China and Asia

Cult science fiction with its own unique style. LEXX mixed high camp with subversiveness to become one of the strangest TV shows ever broadcast.

Ridley Scott's Body of Lies, starring Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio, is a solid post 9/11 espionage thriller. 7/10

The American President directly challenged Burmese Premier Thein Sein to release the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an ASEAN meeting in Singapore.

Although the Nobel Peace Prize committee was swayed by idealistic attempts to achieve global peace and an end to specific conflicts, the results often ended in failure.

Anti-communists efforts in the United States following World War I.

The Shah of Iran wanted a 'modern', industrial nation, modeled on the US and Western Europe. Needless to say, he failed, but many of his opponents were also surprised.

Following the death of President Harding, Calvin Coolidge was informed that he had become the 30th President of the United States in 1923.

Once upon a time, the Western film characterized the lone gunman with a dark past who restores justice to a small town. Since then, the Western has evolved.

Only four vice presidents that filled out the term of a deceased chief executive would win reelection in their own right and all four lived in the 20th Century.

Americans throughout the 20th Century worked to make the world better, yet the events of 9/11 called into question these efforts and continue to challenge US leadership.

While George Washington is the classic Warrior President, the history of the presidency is full of distinguished military men who exercised strong leadership.

Despite Soviet acquisition of the atomic bomb in 1949, early Cold War crises were frequently diffused when the U.S. threatened to use the bomb in several Asian conflicts.

The causes of World War II included the failure of the League of Nations to stop German expansion, appeasement of Hitler's annexations, and US isolationist policies.

Throughout the Cold War the United States worked with its allies to contain the Soviet Union's expansion; it's much the same today with regard to China.

The so-called "go-it-alone" mentality during the inter-war years fueled isolationist views while militarism in Japan and Germany pointed to new global conflicts.

In early April 1945, the American 9th Army was within 24 hours of reaching Berlin, yet three days later General Eisenhower ordered the Allied halt at the Elbe River.

Although the capricious actions of Egypt's Nasser were in response to poor decisions made by Secretary of State Dulles, the U.S. stood firmly against British aggression.

On the eve of the fifth anniversary of 9/11, ex-U.S. Congressman identifies the reasons for the attack and criticizes his country's involvement in Israel.

Although the Yalta Conference addressed a variety of issues including Soviet participation against Japan, the post-war status of Poland was at the top of the agenda.

Zazie's ode to multicultural France, Louise Attaque's first album, and Raï rap marked the French pop scene in the '90s.