Background:
Identify a specific US Foreign Policy toward a geographic region or a specific country in the world. In addition, examine several sources discussing the global effort against terrorism, commonly known as the "War on Terror." You can obtain specifics about any American foreign policy directly from the State Department's website: www.state.gov or from a wide variety of academic sources.
Essay Questions:
- What are the strengths and weaknesses of the specific foreign policy you investigated (provide details to support your answers)?
- What role does the region or country you studied play in the larger view of US policy efforts? In other words, why is it important to policy makers?
- How does the effort to combat terrorism effect American foreign policy toward the region or country you investigated?
- Do you think the overall "war on terror" will be successful in its current form? Why or why not?
- What role would or could the nation you discussed play in the US efforts to combat terrorist movements?
- What are some of possible alternative approaches being discussed for winning the War or Terror?