Accession Number:

AD1175899

Title:

Recasting U.S. Foreign Policy

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Research Paper]

Corporate Author:

USMC COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY

Personal Author(s):

• Krugman, Douglas P.

Report Date:

2015-02-10

Pagination or Media Count:

35

Abstract:

This paper will examine our interests as currently stated, define a refined policy in contrast to our recent past, and then use that refined policy to assess situations in the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has struggled to define its interests and provide a clear statement of its foreign policy. While there is a fairly stable and rewarding consensus on the role of trade, the balance between diplomacy and military force has been problematic. The US defines its interests in its central strategy document, but the current definitions are impractically vague to the point of justifying nearly any action abroad. Our leaders must redefine these interests with narrower more practical limits. The US must also take greater care in their pursuit by military means, as its resources alone are insufficient to contend with the large number of challenges to global stability.

Descriptors:

• national security
• foreign relations
• governments
• treaties
• southeast asia
• terrorism
• law
• south asia
• terrorists
• agreements
• foreign policy
• national governments
• political systems
• united states
• cold war
• economic systems
• human rights

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]