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Quote

[America] goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own. She will commend the general cause by the countenance of her voice, and the benignant sympathy of her example. - John Quincy Adams

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Introduction to Foreign Policy

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Highest Population

  • 1. India          1.46 billion
  • 2.  China          1.42 billion
  • 3.  U.S.              347 million
  • 4.  Indonesia    286 million
  • 5.  Pakistan    255 million
  • 6.  Nigeria          238 million
  • 7.  Brazil         213 million
  • 8.  Bangladesh    176 million
  • 9.  Russia   144 million
  • 10.  Ethiopia        135 million

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World’s Top Economies

  • 1.  U.S.                    $27.7 trillion
  • 2.  China                  $17.8 trillion
  • 3.  Germany                 $4.53 trillion
  • 4.  Japan             $4.20 trillion
  • 5.  India               $3.60 trillion
  • 6.  UK               $3.38 trillion
  • 7.  France               $3.05 trillion
  • 8.  Italy                   $2.30 trillion
  • 9.  Brazil               $2.17 trillion
  • 10.  Canada              $2.14 trillion

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Amount Spent on Defense (2022)

  • 1.  U.S.          $876.9.7 billion
  • 2.  China          $292 billion
  • 3.  Russia         $86.4 billion
  • 4.  India            $81.4 billion
  • 5.  Saudi Arabia        $75.0 billion
  • 6.  UK           $68.5 billion
  • 7.  Germany        $55.8 billion
  • 8.  France    $53.6 billion
  • 9.  South Korea         $46.4 billion
  • 10.  Japan  $46.0 billion

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Defining National Interests

  • Security Interests
    • Protecting national borders
    • Maintaining relations with allies
    • Ensuring the safety of citizens from violence and crime
  • Economic Interests
    • Providing citizens with an adequate standard of living
    • Ensuring economic development and growth
    • Establishing trade relations with other nations
  • Ideological Interests
    • Supporting a way of life at home and promoting it abroad
    • Protecting the cultural and religious heritage of a nation
    • Promoting a system of government

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Current U.S.A. Foreign Policy

  • China and Taiwan
  • Political issues with Russia / Ukraine
  • Nuclear agreement with Iran
  • Security in Israel and the Middle East
  • Mexico and Immigration
  • North Korea

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