Summary: Due March 8, 2012: Ch 19 549-564, Ch 21 Foreign Policy & Imperialism On the Board: Foreign Policy Questions of foreign policy strategy: of what national interest is & how best to achieve it Questions of foreign policy politics: of which institutions & actors within the American foreign political system play what roles and have how much influence Setting goals is directed by the “essence of choice” establishing the goals to be achieved and forging the policies that are optimal means for achieving them. Politics -> making foreign policy through the political instititutions and amid the societal influences of the American Political system.
