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Unit #8 Foreign Policy Tools of Foreign Policy Slide 2 Seven Tools of Foreign Policy #1 Defense The American military is the means by which we defend ourselves against aggressionan attack or threat of attack by another country. A key part of US foreign policy has been deterrencekeeping a strong defense to discourage aggression by other nations. Slide 3 #2 Alliances Military alliance--NATONorth Atlantic Treaty Organization Political allianceOASOrganization of American States Economic allianceOECDOrganization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Slide 4 #3 Diplomacy Diplomacy is the relations and communications carried out between countries. Usually carried out by members of the Department of State. Sometimes, however, there is a summit meetinga meeting at which the President talks about important issues with heads of other governments. Slide 5 #4 Foreign Aid Foreign Aida program of giving military and economic help to other countries Has two purposes: 1) establish friendly relations with developing nations 2) help developing nations emerge as eventual economic partners. Slide 6 #5 Trade Measures Trade measuresthe terms under which the US trades with other countries. Quotahow much of a foreign product can be sold in the US Tariffa tax on foreign products sold in the US 2 Goals1) get other countries to buy American goods and 2)get our trading partners to support us in other foreign-policy goals Slide 7 #6 Sanctions Sanctionsmeasures to stop or limit trade with another nation in order to change its behavior Slide 8 #7 Intelligence Intelligenceinformation about another country and what its government plans to do CIACentral Intelligence Agencyfocuses mostly on countries it thinks might be unfriendly and tries to learn what the governments of those countries intend to do. DHSDepartment of Homeland Securityreceives and analyzes terrorism- related reports from the CIA, FBI, NSA and other agencies