Explain The Tools Of Us Foreign Policy

Tools of US foreign policy under the administration of Barack Obama In generally, the tools of foreign can be divided into for four main parts which include the tools of intelligence and information, tools of diplomacy, tools of aid, economic development, and trade, and tools of military influence, power, or force. The tools of intelligence and information can be defined as an evaluated date on the goals, capabilities, and likely actions of foreign actors. Most intelligence is gathered and processed secretly. Furthermore, tools of diplomacy is the process by which states and other international actors pursue peaceful international relations, reconciling competing and conflicting interest through negotiations. Moreover, the tools of tools of aid, economic development, and trade in foreign policy are the economic instruments which used by governments in order to influence the behaviors of state and nonstate actors. The last tool of military influence, power, or force is the coercive power in order to maximize a state’s national interest. (Mark R. Ammstutz, 1999)

For example in World War II, code-breakers gave them insights into Japanese war plans, and when Patton marched across Europe, intercepted communications helped save the lives of US troops. After that, the rise of the Iron Curtain and nuclear weapons only increased the need for continued intelligence gathering. Under the president of Barack Obama, the incident of 9/11 let the US agencies to strengthening more than the traditional mission of monitoring hostile power and gathering information for policymakers and the new capabilities of US allow intelligence agencies to track who a terrorist is in contact with, and follow the trail of his travel or his funding. (Department of Justice Washington,