Foreign Affairs: The Idea Of American Foreign Policy

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Throughout the history of America past presidents and government officials in Congress have dealt with foreign affairs in which they used foreign policy to deal with the many conflicts which include war,trade,peace and many other things dealing with foreign affairs. During many centuries America used foreign policy all the way back to its conception when America became a country.The idea of American Foreign Policy was created in 1978 by Samuel P. Huntington and his friend Warren Manshel. “A central function of the U.S. government is to conduct relations with the almost 200 other nations in the world. A nation is a sovereign country, and as such, possesses the highest authority over its territories. All sovereign states are theoretically equal”

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