Midterm Flashcards
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foreign policy
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scope of involvement; set of goals strategies and instruments selected by policy makers
2
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foreign policy porcess
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how policies get on the agenda, formulated, and implemented
3
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War powers act
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- congress failed in terms of over sight in the Vietnam war
- resolution: congress stated that president can only send troops with congressional approval or if they are already being attacked
4
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3 stipulations of the war powers act
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- president must consult with congress before action and thereafter regularly
- president must inform congress 48 hours before military action
- troops cannot stay for more than 60 days
5
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how did the presidents react to the war powers act
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- they tend to find loop holes around it and justify that it does not apply to what they are doing
- they think it is unconstitutional
6
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what are the war powers acts effects on the presidents
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- did not end the presidents unilateral use of force
- did make the president more selective in their decision to use force
7
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bureaucracy
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- a complex, specialized organization filled with highly educated non-elected officials
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bureaucratic political appraoch
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- bureaucratic agencies that use cooperation and bargaining to get policies
9
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arguments for bureaucratic politics
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- improve efficiency, accountability, competence, consistency and fairness
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arguments against bureaucratic politics
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- self interested
- group think, slippage, slow adaptation, fragmentation
11
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why create the department of state
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- 1789, successor to the department of foreign affairs, essential for foreign affairs
12
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5 purposes of the department of state
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- represent the US gov over seas
- represent foreign governments and people to the US government
- analyze and report on foreign events
- advise the president
- diplomacy and negotiations
13
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positions in the state department
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- secretary of state
- embassies
- consulate
- ambassadors
- deputy chief of mission
- country team
14
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5 reasons of 4th decline of the DOS
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- growing importance of international affairs/ rise of American power
- expansion of foreign policy bureaucracy
- global communications revelation
- increasing reliance on force
- increasing importance on international economics
15
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critiques of the state department
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- inefficient, slow, unresponsive, unable to lead USFP
16
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3 types of aid
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- grants
- soft loans
- debt relief
17
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main reasons for giving out aid
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- used to advance geopolitical interest
- advance business interest abroad
18
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functions of the department of defense
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- unify and centralize military forces
19
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position in the joint chief of staff
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- chairs
- vice chairman
- chief of staff of the arm y
- chief of naval operations
- chief staff of air force
- commandant of the marine corp
- chief of the national guard bureau
- chief of space operation
20
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who and what do the chief of staff advise?
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- secretary of defense
- president
21
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Goldwater Nichols Act
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- 1986
- made chair sole advisor to the president
- established vice chair and joint staff
- established combatant commands and under combatant commands
22
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6 characteristics of the DOD
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- managerial style officers expected to be warrior and manager
- purist of high technology : active in politics of defense
- careerism: climb the ladder
- belief in separation of politics and military combat
- principal of concentration in warfare strategy
- emerging commitment to joints
23
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procedural and structural challenges of DOD
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- coordination
- duplication
- information
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office secretary of defense
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- create to provide better civilian control of the military and to advise the president
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5 phases of the intelligence community
- planning
- collection
- processing
- analyzing
- dissemination
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what is the main issue with IC
- decentralization, coordination, and politicization
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when was the NSC created?
- 1947
- to advise the president to promote coronation and integration of the USFP process
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components of the NSC system
1. NSC
2. NSC advisor
3. NSC staff
4. NSC interagency process
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NSC advisor
- advises the president
- overseeing implementation of policy they advise
- frames choice for the president
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presidents level of influence in the NSC
2 aspects
- presidents organization, agenda, and level of involvement
- organization of the policy making process
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state department centered system
- focuses on the lead agency for direction
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white house centered system
- centralized decision making around the president
- focused on the NSC and the president
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modern three tier sytem
- principal committees
- deputy committees
- working groups
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when and why as the NEC created
- 1993 by Clinton and because of globalization and an economic boom
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roles of the NEC director
- confers with president
- chairs meetings
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Key agencies in the NEC
- treasury department: economic affairs
- secretary of treasury: advises president financial, economic, tax policy
- department of state: USAID
- department of agriculture: ag trade
- department of commerce: importation of foreign productions, international economic policy, trade promotion of non-ag goods
- department of labor: helps formulate international and economic trade policy that effect american workers
- department of energy: energy policy plans and programs
