US foreign policy Flashcards

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Politique du 19eme siècle ?

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Century of isolationism

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Politique du 20eme siècle ?

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Century of interventionism
Hard power (military might)
Soft power (cultural domination) 
Smart power (diplomacy)
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2009 prix Nobel de Obama

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Nobel peace priZe because of his elections pledges (promesses)
He had promised to withdraw troops from Iran and Afghanistan

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Cuba et iran

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Under Obama diplomatic ties restaured with former enemies such as Cuba and Iran

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Obama success?

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He would go done in history as the president who killed Ben laden and who killed more people with drone strikes than any previous president
Obama mantra is “no boots on the ground” because since the Vietnam war, public opinion has been against risking American lives

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Chiffres révélés par la Maison Blanche et contestations

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They claimed that more than 2500 numbers of terrorist groups had been killed compared to only around a hundred civilians
But the Ny time vigorously contested this figures

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