Essay and Discussion Questions from Foreign Policy

U.S. Foreign Policy High School Questions

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Help students understand U.S. foreign policy through these essay and discussion questions.

Questions

  1. How are foreign and domestic policy related? 
  2. What are the benefits of the division of power between the executive branch (the president) and the legislative branch (Congress)? What are the drawbacks? 
  3. What are the advantages of the National Security Council over the previous method of determining foreign policy? Are there any disadvantages? 
  4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using executive agreements instead of treaties? 
  5. Do you think the amount of power the president has gained over foreign policy is problematic? Why or why not? 
  6. Given what you know about the relationship between foreign and domestic policy, and the effects of unequal vaccine distribution, do you think the domestic and global distribution of vaccines should have been different? If so, how?