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A 6 page research paper that address 3 questions on the formulation of US foreign policy. The writer addresses Cold War issues and discusses the various models used in foreign policy formulation. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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policy, at least 3 examples of US policy initiatives. Kegley and Wittkopf (1996) present a model of foreign policy causation perceives each policy decision as resulting from multiple
prior events. This model of causation proposes that it is not one event, but rather all conditions that precede and lead up to a pivotal event that promote foreign policy
decisions. These authors observe that "...efforts to understand the sources of American foreign policy are often reduced to simple and therefore psychologically satisfying single-factor explanations" (p. 10). However, simplistic explanations
do not offer a complete perspective on the complex factors of causation that created the such global situations are the Cold War. Following World War II, the US perception
of the Soviet Union, which was a US WWII ally, became radically altered as the two countries faced off in Eastern Europe. The nature of the USSR did not suddenly
change. What changed was that several precipitating events propelled US initiatives toward a Cold War stance. First of all, the Soviets backed off from their previous agreement to allow free
elections in their satellite countries, such as Poland. The Soviet ceased Czechoslovakia and initiated a blockage of Berlin in 1948. The response of the US was to aid in formulating
NATO. From the US perspective, they were merely protecting a weakened Europe from Soviet aggression. The viewpoint propelled the US toward taking a Cold War stance fit in with the
realist school of foreign policy formation discussed by Jordan, Taylor and Mazarr. Mentioning famous realists from history, such as Machiavelli, Napoleon and Kissinger, these authors argue that the overriding principle
of realism is that the goal for all nations is self preservation and that all other goals are contingent on survival (Jordan, Taylor and Mazarr, 19999). It is also axiomatic
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