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President Clinton removes one of the last hurdles in American-Chinese relations by approving a law permitting freer trade between the two nations.
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The Middle East is both oil rich and conflict ridden. American foreign policy interests in there. There are two directions: long-standing support of Israel and by the critical importance of Arab oil.
In 2012, protests against dictator Bashar al-Assad led to the outbreak of civil war. -
Mikhail Gorbachev deserves much credit for the fundamental change in the Soviets' approach to world affairs. Conditions that ultimately brought the collapse of the Soviet Union in late 1991.
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In 1972, President Nixon's meetings with Chinese diplomats begin the process of improving relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China.
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It is the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance. The dominant power in the Western Hemisphere, and the Monroe Doctrine remains a vital part of American foreign policy.
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Following WWII, Collective security keep international place and order. America forge a world community in which at least most nation that threatened the peace.
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The United States purchased the Virgin Islands from Denmark to help guard the canal. Many in Latin America resented these and other steps.
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Panama revolted and became independent of Colombia, with American's blessing. Also, the U.S. gained the right to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama.
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John Hay announced this country's insistence on an Open Door policy in China. The doctrine promoted equal trade access for all nations, and sovereignty over its own territory be preserved.
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James Monroe gave the policy of isolationism a clearer shape in 1823. A view of revolutions had swept Latin America, destroying the old Spanish and Portuguese empires there. Most Latin Americans took little notice of this doctrine. In 1867, the Monroe Doctrine got its first real test. While Americans were immersed in the Civil War, France invaded Mexico. In 1867, the US backed the Mexicans in forcing the French to withdraw.
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The beginnings to for 150 years, American Foreign Policy was very largely built on a policy of isolationism. Isolationism arose in the earliest years of this nations' history. In 1796, George Washington declared "our true policy" was "to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world." Our "detached and distant situation." "as little political connection as possible." with other nation. At the time, isolationism seemed a wise policy. There are so many problems.
