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American Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Flashcards

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  1. Which doctrine, articulated in 1947, committed the United States to containing Soviet expansion by supporting free peoples resisting subjugation?

    Answer: Truman Doctrine

    The Truman Doctrine (1947) pledged U.S. support to nations threatened by communist takeover, first applied to Greece and Turkey.

  2. The Camp David Accords of 1978 brokered by President Carter resulted in a peace treaty between which two nations?

    Answer: Egypt and Israel

    The Camp David Accords led to the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, the first between Israel and an Arab nation.

  3. What is 'shuttle diplomacy,' most associated with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger?

    Answer: A diplomat traveling repeatedly between parties who refuse to meet directly

    Shuttle diplomacy involves a mediator traveling back and forth between parties in separate locations to broker an agreement.

  4. The U.S. policy of 'dual containment' in the 1990s was aimed at simultaneously countering which two states?

    Answer: Iraq and Iran

    Dual containment, articulated by the Clinton administration, sought to contain both Iraq and Iran in the Persian Gulf region.

  5. Which multilateral framework, established in 2003, involved six parties negotiating to address North Korea's nuclear program?

    Answer: The Six-Party Talks

    The Six-Party Talks included the U.S., North Korea, South Korea, China, Japan, and Russia, and stalled in 2009.

  6. In U.S. foreign policy, the term 'constructive engagement' (originally applied to apartheid-era South Africa) means:

    Answer: Maintaining diplomatic and economic ties to influence a government from within

    Constructive engagement holds that remaining diplomatically and economically involved gives more leverage to encourage reform than isolation.

  7. The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle, endorsed by the UN in 2005, holds that sovereignty is conditional on a government doing what?

    Answer: Protecting its population from mass atrocities

    R2P establishes that if a state fails to protect its citizens from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, or crimes against humanity, the international community may intervene.