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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• U.N. Ambassador Says U.S. Making Progress on Cooperation

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 462
  Susan Rice cites sanctions on North Korea and a change in tone to promote successes in President Obamas foreign policy agenda.
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• Taliban release video of captured US soldier

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Insurgents provide footage of man named as Bowe Berghal, held five months ago in Aghanistan The Taliban released a video today showing a US soldier who was captured more than five months ago in eastern Afghanistan. A caption in the video identifies the man as "War prisoner: Bowe Robert Bergdahl." Bowe Bergdahl, a US ...
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• Let India help Afghanistan | Shashank Joshi

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Indias close ties with Afghanistan mean it is well placed to step in when the west has flown its last soldier out of Kabul In the 19th century, Indian armies twice crossed the Hindu Kush , hoping to stitch together the patchwork political authority of the territory in the service of their British masters. Over a ...
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• Obama’s top 10 foreign policy blunders

  
  Avid Editor's Insights — Authority: 131
  Obama’s top 10 foreign policy blunders: In London’s Daily Telegraph, Niles Gardner gives a list of President Obumbler’s top 10 foreign policy blunders (Hat Tip: John Hinderaker).1. Surrendering to Russia over missile defence.2. Appeasing the mullahs of Iran.3. Ending the war on terror.4. Announcing a surge while ...
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• Rajiv Shah’s nomination as USAID chief confirmed

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  By Arun KumarWashington, Dec 25 (IANS) The United States Senate has approved the nomination of Rajiv Shah to head the US Agency for International Development (USAID), making him the highest ranking Indian American in the Obama administration.The Senate unanimously Thursday confirmed the nomination of Shah, 36, and ...
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• World Focus — Week in Review

  
  By The Fault — Authority: 408
  In Iran, protests erupted again this week as the U.S. deadline for imposing sanctions looms. Carol Giacomo, a member of The New York Times editorial board, and Irshad Manji, a professor at New York University and the author of “The Trouble With Islam Today,” join Daljit Dhaliwal to discuss the mounting pressures ...
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• Gates memo suggests joint State-Defense funds for nation-building

  
  howl at pluto — Authority: 119
  A recent unclassified memo from Sec. of Defense Gates to Sec. of State Clinton has been obtained by the Wash Post and is reported on today (Mary Beth Sheridan and Greg Jaffe, "Gates proposes 3 funds to aid unstable countries," WP, 12/24, p.A2). The memo suggests creation of "three long-term funds...dedicated to ...
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• WEBSTER BROOKS COMMENTARY: Obama And The U.S.-Turkey Foreign Policy Standoff

  
  Booker Rising — Authority: 153
  The senior fellow at the Center for New Politics and Policy (USA) and moderate opines : "U.S.-Turkey relations have reached their nadir. At the December White House meeting called to repair the breach in U.S.-Turkish relations Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan refused to support sanctions against Iran’s nuclear ...
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• O’s INTERPOL Executive Order: immunity for Obama?

  
  Flopping Aces — Authority: 644
  It’s Chrismas Eve, and instead of sugar plums dancing in my head, I can’t get Wordsmith’s post about Obama’s latest Executive Order out of my mind. It is like a kid getting his first jigzaw puzzle… my mind twists and turns with the repercussions. I’ve been pondering the implications… since ...
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• Ticket Replay: GOP gains first lead in generic congressional polls since Obama took office

  
  Top of the Ticket — Authority: 789
  As the holidays unfold, our thoughts on The Ticket turn to not working so much for a few days. So we are re-publishing some of our favorite or most-read items from 2009. This one originally appeared Nov. 12. Time was when American presidents in domestic trouble would travel abroad to be seen positively back home as ...
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• Twas the Weekend Before Christmas

  
  The Deuce Blog — Authority:
  Twas the weekend before Christmas and all though the country,  All parents and children were hoping for a turn around in the economy They stared at their paychecks with looks of fright, How could they possibly afford presents to give out on Christmas night?   Our U.S Senators were snug in their taxpayer paid ...
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• John Kerrys Persian Delusion

  
  Legal Insurrection — Authority: 722
  The Obama administrations strategy of engagement with Iran has been an abysmal failure. The administration hoped that a policy of silent acceptance of Iranian repression of protesters in June would yield results at the negotiating table. But the much ballyhooed breakthrough in September regarding uranium reprocessing ...
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• Could Iran-watchers please get a grip, please?

  
  Daniel W. Drezner — Authority: 616
  My FP colleague Marc Lynch has dissected Alan Kupermans New York Times op-ed on the wisdom of bombing Iran .  Lynch takes great pains (more on that in a moment) to rip apart Kupermans argument so I dont have to, but I cant resist pointing out the most tendentious point in the essay: As for the risk of ...
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• AWESOME BREAKING NEWS! : Radical Cleric who inspired Fort Hood Shooter, Nasser al-Wahayshi, killed in Air Strike in Yemen!

  
  Political Byline — Authority: 598
  Awesome! Reuters Reports : (H/T HotAir ) SANAA (Reuters) – A Yemeni air raid may have killed the top two leaders of al Qaeda’s regional branch on Thursday, and an American Muslim preacher linked to the man who shot dead 13 people at a U.S. army base may also have died, a Yemeni security official said. ...
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• Losing Cairo?

  
  Foreign Policy — Authority: 727
  Since Barack Obamas speech six months ago, the Muslim world has begun to lose hope in the United States. But its not too late ... yet.
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• Robert Gates is person of the year

  
  Shadow Government — Authority: 615
  Peter Feaver It is hard to top Scott Stanzels nominee, "Straw Man," as Person of the Year, so I will play it safe and second the nomination of Secretary of Defense Bob Gates . The hardest part of President Obamas job, taking over as commander in chief in the middle of two very challenging wars, would have been ...
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• Last-minute holiday gifts

  
  Stephen M. Walt — Authority: 684
  Like some of you, I ran out of time to shop for a few peoplethis year. But I wanted them toknow what I would have gotten them if I had more time. Here are a few holiday presents that Ioffer in spirit (or if you prefer, in theory). 1. For Rebecca Frankel, myace editor at FP , a new edition of Photoshop . ...
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• Al-Qaida fighters killed in Yemen air strikes

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  • Defence minister says US intelligence used to target militants • Three key figures killed in second attack on group in a week Yemeni forces backed by US intelligence have struck a series of suspected al-Qaida hideouts, including a meeting of senior leaders, killing at least 30 militants, the government said. ...
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• Senate pledges to move Iran sanctions bill in January

  
  The Cable — Authority: 708
  Top Senate leaders promised Thursday to bring Chris Dodd sIran sanctions legislation to the Senate floor soon after returning to townnext month. "I want everyone to know that I am committed to getting thislegislation to the floor sometime after we return in January," Senate MajorityLeader Harry Reid , D-NV, said ...
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• Yemeni Airstrike Targets Cleric Linked to Fort Hood Shooting

  
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