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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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Foreign Policy”

• Evidence based medicine?

  
  Voir Dire — Authority: 118
  If you can pry yourself away from C-Span and the healthcare debate for a moment, the NYT Magazine has an article this week that addresses, arguably, an even more fundamental aspect of medicine – how it’s performed and how care decisions are made. The recent rise in interest in “evidence based medicine” has ...
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• Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-09

  
  State of Telecom Industry in Pakistan — Authority: 433
  RT jehan_ara RT @ jehan_ara Asad Umar winds up the TiEcon 2009 proceedings with an inspirational speech http://bit.ly/kcr8g # Telenor Pakistan To Use Nokia Siemens Technology For Solar Power Based Service in Rural Areas http://bit.ly/5tIRo # ATT vs Verizon in the war of Ads. Its not just Zong vs Warid :) # ...
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• Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-09

  
  State of Telecom Industry in Pakistan — Authority: 433
  RT jehan_ara RT @ jehan_ara Asad Umar winds up the TiEcon 2009 proceedings with an inspirational speech http://bit.ly/kcr8g # Telenor Pakistan To Use Nokia Siemens Technology For Solar Power Based Service in Rural Areas http://bit.ly/5tIRo # ATT vs Verizon in the war of Ads. Its not just Zong vs Warid :) # ...
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• Who Is a Jew? Court Ruling in Britain Raises Question

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 162
  Who Is a Jew? Court Ruling in Britain Raises Question By SARAH LYALL November 7, 2009 LONDON — The questions before the judges in Courtroom No. 1 of Britain’s Supreme Court were as ancient and as complex as Judaism itself. David Lightman with his daughter, who was denied admission to the Jews Free School because her ...
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• Fort Hood: Lets get down to the root causes

  
  The Ohio Republic — Authority: 129
  Russell D. Longacre at LewRockwell.com suggests that we need to peel back a few layers to understand how the murders at Fort Hood were possible. Neither he nor I condone what occurred there; but Washington should be held accountable, at least for this: - We know now that the Bush Administration lied to us about the ...
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• After PSU sell-off, PM hints at phasing out fiscal stimulus

  
  Jai Bihar — Authority: 444
  NEW DELHI — After unveiling a bold PSU sell off plan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said his Government is better placed now to unleash financial sector reforms, but the fiscal stimulus will be phased out next year. “We are also better placed than any time in the recent past to push the reform process forward… ...
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• NZ Catholic Bishops - Look To Your American Colleagues

  
  New Zealand Conservative — Authority: 499
  While our own media drools over the congressional ObamaHealth Care win in the USA (despite the fact that in their most dominant sphere, the Democrats only just won), a proper analysis of the vote shows what really happened . The US Catholic bishops conference has just stuck a steely knife into the ...
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• Ohio jobs: a shocking view of the numbers

  
  The Ohio Republic — Authority: 129
  The Kasich for Governor campaign blog has published an internal memo giving the unemployment statistics in Ohio over a period of years: MEMO TO: John Kasich FROM: Ben Kanzeg, Deputy Policy Director DATE: October 21, 2009 SUBJECT: Latest Jobs Numbers Just an update on Ohio’s jobs numbers for September. ...
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• You wanted health care – here is what you got

  
  Carl B. Johnson, Outlaw Artist — Authority: 123
  Okay – so this is from the Wall Street Journal – so the information is certainly suspect from this unreliable source. I mean the WSJ has nothing like the integrity of the New York Times . But the article discusses what health care reform means to you (and me). First of all – one size fits all! Yep, that is ...
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• Unemployment Benefits Ny

  
  GoGiz.com — Authority: 161
  Unemployment Benefits Ny news and media Videos on Unemployment Benefits Ny more Unemployment Benefits Ny videos … Blog Posts on Unemployment Benefits Ny Broader unemployment figures stand at 17.5% (New York Times 6 Nov) ( transitioning.org ) - November ...
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• Overpopulation Mantra Overheating as Copenhagen Approaches

  
  Truth is Contagious — Authority: 514
  Jurriaan Maessen Infowars November 8, 2009 With the disastrous Copenhagen treaty in sight, selling the overpopulation story is obviously considered crucial for the agenda. After all, the entire climate change mythology depends in the end on the role of man as a scourge on the environment. So, it follows, less ...
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• Mumsnet: Gordon Takes The Biscuit

  
  Green Reading — Authority: 129
  The Gordon Brown interview on mumsnet became famous for GB eventually revealing his favourite biscuit (chocolate) . Because of this some people thought it was a soft interview, Gordon does avoid the likes of Paxman. I read some fans of mumsnet were angry at it being thought soft, as though mums were somehow ...
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• Glutton for punishment

  
  En Avant — Authority: 120
  Elected governments set policy, not government agencies who can advise but ultimately do what they’re told. That’s democracy. Readers may recall that I was a member of the board of New Zealand’s Tertiary Education Commission. As an office holder, my opinions on tertiary education policy could be expressed ...
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• Just WHO Are The Criminals?

  
  Dickiebo — Authority: 144
  When I look at just how our country has changed since NuLabour got into power, I cringe and, frankly, shall not be sorry to leave this earth when my time comes . Certainly the world that I knew has long since gone and in it’s place we have this crime-ridden, heathen, drunken, multi-cultural excuse for a ...
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• Women and Ministry, by Tim & Kathy Keller

  
  Duke of Data Blog — Authority: 134
  Introduction The Debate in the Church Redeemer is committed to a high view of Scripture. We believe that, unless the Bible is Gods word to us, we live without any real moral authority. "Right" and "wrong" would then become matters of personal taste or popular ...
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• Harpers New Speechwriter Is A Strong Social Conservative And Gay Rights Opponent

  
  Buckdog — Authority: 131
  The following article was written by Jenn Ruddy, a Saskatchewan writer/journalist. Her articles appear in The Sasquatch, Briarpatch, Prairie Dog and Planet S: It probably won’t come as much of a shock that the Prime Minister’s Office has hired a gay rights opponent to write speeches for Stephen Harper. ...
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• Public Healthcare And The Ghosts Of Boyfriends Past

  
  Ravings of a Feral Genius — Authority: 108
  Many years ago I dated (and soon broke off with) a man who tried hard to be a sociopathic control freak; if he’s still alive today he’s either bitterly single or settled down with some unfortunate doormat with no backbone of her own. One of his favorite stunts was to buy me, unbidden, a fairly expensive present, ...
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• Why I Voted No

  
  Willamette Reds — Authority: 128
  From CommonDreams.org, by that dogmatic ultra-leftist Dennis Kucinich, who is clearly out of touch with the democratic peoples movement led by President Obama: We have been led to believe that we must make our health care choices only within the current structure of a predatory, for-profit insurance system which ...
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• Of Course They Dont, The Wall Street Owns Them

  
  40 Years In The Desert — Authority: 452
  Click for full size Note: These numbers are inflation adjusted So, after Gordon Brown finally comes out in favor of a Tobin tax on financial transactions , Timothy "Eddie Haskell" Geithner comes out categorically against it : A day-by-day financial transaction tax is not something we are prepared to ...
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• 10 Reasons to be optimistic about the future

  
  Renegade Conservatory Guy — Authority: 128
  I thought I’d put in words why I feel we’re in a unique position right now which is unlike any other time I’ve experienced running a uPVC window and conservatory company . We’re at a turning point where I believe that well positioned, financially sound, forward thinking companies in our industry are in a ...
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