• Multilateralism nations act together in response to
problems and crises
• Diplomacy negotiation
verbally rather than physically
• Bilateral and multilateral negotiating
• Military power
• Economic exchange
• Intelligence gathering
So basically, the four instruments are:
1. Diplomacy 2. Military 3. Economic 4. Intelligence
• The National Security Council advice
on foreign and military issues to the president
• The complexity of international politics makes it impossible for individual
or government agencies to direct U.S. policy
• The Department of Defense(DOD) military security
• The JCS helps shape military strategy and evaluates the military’s
personnel and weapons
“forward defense”
gathering of this information
falls on specialized federal agencies like the CIA and the National
Security Agency
conducts most of the
country’s day-to-day business with foreign countries
• Secretary of State
– World Trade Organization (WTO)
– International Monetary Fund (IMF)
"superpower" status
• In past US tried had unlimited nuclear warfare, but now US (along
with Russia) is trying to lessen the creation of nuclear weapons.
• Insurgency
• Military-industrial complex
• (read) In economic terms, the world its tripolar. One
center is the U.S., another is Japan, and the last one
is the EU (European Union)
(summarize) The U.S. power-wise –
*Strongest: global economic competitiveness, well-
rounded economy, strong industrial and
agricultural base
*Weakest: worst trade imbalance
• Stable, open system of trade.
• Maintaining access to resources
• Limit rich and poor gap in economy
• Multinational
• Economic globalization
• Protectionism
• Free Trade
• (summarize) NAFTA(North American Free Trade
Agreement) has been a debated topic in recent years with
strong arguments on both sides, however momentum sided
with free trade advocates and has lead to the GATT(General
Agreement on Tariff and Trade) and the WTO(World Trade
Organization). But these organizations are not without
criticism over how it deals with things from environmental
labor practices to it's global and international structure.
