American Foreign Policy Foreign policy is defined as a policy of a nation that is used to persuade its dealing with other nations, that has a main goal of achieving national objectives. Foreign policy has an origin time of about 1905-1910. During the early years of foreign policy American thought it should practice political isolation from Europe during times of peace in other words they wanted to be more iso-global. This idea was derived by America’s diplomats during these early years. This foreign
Although the Cold War was believed to have started because of Soviet expansionism and America’s means of intimidation, contextual historians such as
Introduction: Cold war was the phase of hostile rivalry between the USSR and Americans. This term is used to describe the relationship between America and Soviet Union after the World War 2 or in the period from 1945 to 1980. Cold War got its name as both sides were afraid of fighting each other, as both possessed nuclear weapons, by the 1950s, there was the fear of complete destruction of the two countries. So they fought indirectly by threatening and denouncing each other using
be discussed from the viewpoint of international development policy and not from the broader sense of the word. This paper argues that modern international development policy is a tool that is used by mainly rich countries to further their own interests. The paper first briefly gives background information on the start of modern international development. The main body then explains some of the ways that international development policy is being used as a tool by rich donors e.g. as a ‘soft’ power
acted in a new era of history without the need for past theoretical support. As the first president of USSR, Gorbachev transformed the Soviet Union from socialism to another political regime. He transitioned the economy of USSR from a planned centralized economic system towards a free market economy leading to increased competitive trade. In the history of the Soviet Union, no political leader had dealt with such turmoil. The country was headed towards an uncertain future. Studies indicate that Gorbachev