Foreign Policy

Foreign policy is a phrase used to reference a nation’s political position and guidelines in engaging other sovereign nations throughout the world. In the United States foreign policy is the primary concern for the Secretary of State, who is charged with the responsibility of upholding the nation’s views and interests.

Foreign policy more specifically refers to a political mode of diplomatic engagement. For allies and neutral nations, trade agreements may be discussed and enacted. For hostile or potentially hostile nations, sanctions and embargos may result.

The ultimate goal of any foreign policy must be the preservation of peace and financial markets and the maintenance of international relations through diplomacy.

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• John Kerry Inches Closer to Iran Visit?

  
  WSJ.com: Washington Wire — Authority: 751
  Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry has filed a formal request to visit Iran, according to the Iranian-based Fars News Agency.
  6 hours ago

• John Kerry Inches Closer to Iran Visit?

  
  WSJ.com: Washington Wire — Authority: 751
  Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry has filed a formal request to visit Iran, according to the Iranian-based Fars News Agency.
  6 hours ago

• The 2000s, Ranked [Listicles]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 862
  Foreign Policy has finally just ranked the years of our decade from hell.
  6 hours ago

• Revisiting Defensive Legalization

  
  Newshoggers.com — Authority: 588
  By Dave Anderson: In August 2008 , I argued that drug prohibition is counter-productive and stupid as well as expensive, especially as it applies to marijuana because it creates and sustains a massive black market.  The black market has norm enforcement through violence instead of lawyers, and the fund flow is ...
  7 hours ago

• Did Obama Place INTERPOL Above U.S. Law?

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 140
  After learning recently that President Barack Obama had, on Dec. 17, quietly amended Executive Order 12425, I decided to find out what impact, if any, it might have on Americans.  At first blind to the potential ramifications of the amendment, I was startled at what I found once the pieces of this disturbing ...
  7 hours ago

• Atilio Boron – Obama, an "F" in Political Theory (First Word War)

  
  Palestine Think Tank — Authority: 480
  WRITTEN BY ATILIO BORON And Translated by David Brookbank, members of Tlaxcala Obama took some courses in political theory at Harvard. But the speech he gave upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize — an undeserved distinction that still arouses reactions ranging from amusement to indignation — reveals that he did ...
  8 hours ago

• Iran Trying to Buy 1,350 Tons of Uranium from Kazakhstan?

  
  Commonsense & Wonder — Authority: 151
  The Iranians seem to be once again evading UN sanctions. According to the report the sale was being managed on the Kazakh side by "state employees acting without government approval". Yeah right. If you believe that, I have some beautiful Aral Sea beachfront property to sell you. Given how close the Kazakh are ...
  8 hours ago

• 2009 Worst Political Decade Ever?

  
  Political Byline — Authority: 588
  I present two videos; the first by reason magazine , which is a very funny take on the past 10 years. Which comes via HotAir.com , who has a poll up with this decade versus a few other notable decades: The second video comes via Jack Hunter , who video blogs over at the American Conservative . Here Jack lays out ...
  8 hours ago

• Nima Shirazi – The New York Crimes: All The Lies That Fit to Print

  
  Palestine Think Tank — Authority: 480
  "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and Im not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein "The age of military attacks is over, now weve reached the time for dialogue and understanding. Weapons and threats are a thing of the past…even for mentally challenged people." - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ...
  8 hours ago

• Would-be Bomber’s Profile Rose Above ‘Noise’

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 740
  By Daniel Griswold The Obama administration’s response to the attempted bombing of the Christmas Day flight into the Detroit has been both weak and wrongheaded. On the matter of first principles, I agree with my colleagues   Roger Pilon and Chris Edwards that among its limited and enumerated powers, the ...
  8 hours ago

• Worst Of The Best: A List Of Lists [Best Of Times, Worst Of Times]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 805
  Tis the season for "best of" roundups, and along with the best clothes and movies and clips are some really...dubious lists. Herewith, some of the very worst of the best to pass through our long-suffering mailboxes: -Thanks, Cityrag, for the Best Celebrity Cameltoes of 2009 . There are some thing you want, some ...
  8 hours ago

• Whats Missing?

  
  Commonsense & Wonder — Authority: 151
  Here is a list of countries that the President has visited this year (in alphabetical order. Countries sourced from here and here ): 1. Canada 2. China 3. Czech Republic 4. Denmark 5. Egypt 6. France 7. Germany 8. Ghana 9. Great Britain 10. Iraq 11. Italy 12. Japan 13. Mexico 14. Norway 15. Russia 16. Saudi ...
  8 hours ago

• White House Statement Opposing Jerusalem Construction

  
  Obama-Mamas.com — Authority: 127
  “The United States opposes new Israeli construction in East Jerusalem. The status of Jerusalem is a permanent status issue that must be resolved by the parties through negotiations and supported by the international community. Neither party should engage in efforts or take actions that could unilaterally pre-empt, ...
  8 hours ago

• Yemen’s al Qaeda affiliate seen among most active – Reuters

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 173
  Times Online Yemens al Qaeda affiliate seen among most active Reuters WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has transformed itself from a regional threat into what US spy agencies see as the networks most active affiliate outside Pakistan and Afghanistan with global ...
  8 hours ago

• Russia to Focus On Building More First Strike Nuclear Missiles

  
  Commonsense & Wonder — Authority: 151
  So much for throwing our Eastern European friends under the bus in order to push the reset button with Russia. The Russians simply smelled weakness and have countered with an announcement of a desire to actually build MORE offensive nuclear systems. Thanks Obama. Thanks so much.
  12 hours ago

• Did Bush Really Release Detroit Terror Attack Plotters to Art Therapy Program?

  
  Silenced Majority Portal — Authority: 448
  ABC News reports that two al Qaeda leaders behind the attack were in US custody and released–by the Bush administration: Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over...
  12 hours ago

• Buchanan Wishes Merry Christmas To Journo With Deep-seated Contempt For White Gentile Culture

  
  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Authority: 816
  Quite the culture war on Morning Joe today . . . The combatants were Pat Buchanan and Spencer Ackerman of the lefty Washington Independent . The topic was the treatment of Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab.  Buchanan wanted the budding terrorist classified as an enemy combatant in order to extract the maximum amount of ...
  12 hours ago

• Georgia On My Mind?

  
  California Conservative — Authority: 435
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  13 hours ago

• Georgia On My Mind?

  
  Let Freedom Ring — Authority: 138
  Monday, President Obama issued a statement on the latest terrorist attack. It would’ve been nice had President Obama reacted quicker. William McGurn’s WSJ op-ed puts things in perfect perspective: The December headlines remind us that we have no shortage of these nasty regimes. In China, the government ...
  13 hours ago

• Presidents remarks on Flight 253 attack, Iran

  
  FP Passport — Authority: 673
  The White House has posted the text of the statements U.S. President Barack Obama gave on the attempted terrorist attack on Northwest Flight 253 and the brutal Ashura crackdown on protesters in Iran.  Choice quotes:  the American people should remain vigilant, but also be confident. Those plotting against us ...
  13 hours ago

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