GOV 312L Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jim Mattis, Mike Pence, H. R. Mcmaster
Document Summary
The us foreign policy apparatus and the national interest. The actions and statements of the government of the us that are directed towards some foreign audience, often other states. Designed to shape the beleifs, capabilities, interests, and actions of their targets, foreign audiences. Dc is usually in charge of these. Statements by leaders are included in foreign policy when they include messages designed to shape the beliefs and actions of other international actors. Other governments may adjust their behavior according to the expectations they have of. Trump talked to the leader of taiwan after his election, which no president has done since 1979, when the us officially recognize. This is a message to china that us foreign policy towards them was going to be different now, maybe more confrontational. Chinese government quickly condemned, and a few weeks later trump backtracked. Stability relied on both countries believing that the other would destroy them if they stepped out of line.
