Chapter Thirteen Making Foreign and Military Policy Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved Enduring Questions How has terrorism changed American foreign and military policy? Does the United States know how to rebuild nations? How important is the United Nations to the United States taking military action abroad? Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved Kinds of Foreign Policy Majoritarian politics War and peace, Military spending, Arms limitation agreements Interest group politics Trade policies Client politics Corporate tax policies, Relations with Israel Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved Constitutional Framework Separation of powers and checks and balances Checks on president include Congress and other executive branch agencies Most important check is public opinion Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved Our New International World September 11th demonstrated importance of terrorism Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved Three Major Problems Rebuilding nations Foreign policy and terrorism Changing the military to meet the new threat Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved Table 13.1: Percentage of Public Saying They Approve of How the President is Handling His Job Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved Politics of Foreign and Military Policy Majoritarian politics War and peace decisions Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved Figure 13.1: Public Sentiment on Defense Spending Updated from The Public Perspective (August/September 1997), 19, and Gallup Poll Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved Politics of Foreign and Military Policy (Contd) Interest group politics Free trade debates (NAFTA, tariffs) Client politics Military base closures, Military contracts Entrepreneurial politics Special forces, ICBM, JCS Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved Reconsidering the Enduring Questions How has terrorism changed American foreign and military policy? Does the United States know how to rebuild nations? How important is the United Nations to the United States taking military action abroad?