Nina Hachigian: Why domestic policy is linked to foreign policy
Nina Hachigian is a Senior Fellow at The Center for American Progress. She focuses on great power relationships, international institutions, and U.S. foreign policy.
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| 1. Summarize Hachigian’s argument. |
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| 2. Do you agree with her logic? Can you offer a counterargument? |
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| 3. If she is right, what effect might an “isolationist” approach to foreign policy have on domestic policy? What about “open door” policies? Provide examples from U.S. or world history. |
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U.S. foreign policy
Peter Beinart has been at The New Republic since 1999, where he is a journalist and serves as Editor-at-Large. He is also a contributor to Time magazine and writes a monthly column for the Washington Post.
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| 4. What good, from a foreign policy perspective, potentially comes from an increase in the number of countries that practice “democratic” governance? |
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| 5. What problems might arise from making the spread of democracy a central part of a nation’s foreign policy agenda? |
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| 6. Can you think of any recent or historical examples where a desire to spread democracy led to beneficial outcomes? What about an example where it led to detrimental outcomes? |
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