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SWBAT: Explain post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy (interventionist) & efforts to end terrorism
Foreign Policy Post-Cold WarSlide2
Do NowOn the “Unit 9 Important Dates Timeline” place “FP” next to any event that is connected to U.S. foreign policySlide3
Interventionist foreign policy
How did Reagan assert US opposition to communism?Speeches - “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”; “Evil Empire”Limited military interventions - overthrow of the government in Grenada
Buildup of nuclear & conventional weapons - ICBMs, Strategic Defense Initiative - “Star Wars”Slide4
Why did the cold War Begin to End?Increased U.S. military spending
Buildup of ICBMsReagan’s diplomatic initiatives (aka ?) Relationship with Mikhail GorbachevPolitical & economic issues in Eastern Europe & Soviet Union
Gorbachev’s glasnost & perestroika (“openness”)Slide5
End of Cold War ImpactsNew diplomatic relationships - expansion of NATOPeacekeeping interventions - Iraq in 1991, bombings in the Federal Republic of
YugoslaviaArms reduction by both superpowersDebates over America’s role in the world - could be connected to foreign policy pre and
post-WWIISlide6
U.s. Presence in Middle East 1947-2010Slide7
War on Terrorism“Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, U.S. foreign policy efforts focused on fighting terrorism
around the world.”Attacks on 9/11Al-Qaeda led attack on US - World Trade Center, Pentagon, and in PA
Conflict in Afghanistan
Response to the Taliban holding Osama bin Laden
lengthy conflict
Conflict in Iraq
US-led conflict against Saddam Hussein
suspected WMDs & connections to terrorism Slide8
War on TerrorismGuantànamo (“Gitmo”) Detention CenterSet up at naval base in Cuba for people captured in Afghanistan or otherwise accused of terrorism (January 2002)
Over 770 detained, 80 remain Right to choose a lawyer & see evidence do not apply
American citizens denied a lawyer if declared “enemy combatants”
Warning to Americans: “watch what you say”Slide9
War on TerrorismAirport security changes:Improved security on aircraft (cockpit doors)
Improved security screening (individuals & baggage)Identification
checks
Boston Marathon bombing and manhuntSlide10
Impacts of the war on terrorismHoped to improve security in the USRaised questions about protection of civil liberties & human rights
Civil Liberties - Patriot Act, increases power of the federal government to wiretap without warrant “Roving wiretap” - focuses on the person, not the deviceEdward Snowden
Uniting and Strengthening America by
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of 2001Slide11
Bush“Bush Doctrine”- America commits to a war against terrorismUSA PATRIOT Act
Obama
“New Beginning”- pledge to emphasize diplomacy, not war
American Policy Since 9/11
Was Iraq another Vietnam for the U.S.?
How did the war on terror expand the powers of the president?Slide12
Environmental DebatesDebates over fossil fuels & environmental impacts:Caused by:Conflict in the Middle East - 1st Gulf War - 1991
Concerns about Climate Change - An Inconvenient TruthSlide13
Wrap UpHow did Ronald Reagan interact with the Soviet Union in the 1980s?What led to the “war on terror”
and what were its impacts domestically & internationally?Complete “Contextualization & Synthesis: September 11, 2001”
?
President Bush announcing May 10, 2003, the end of combat operations in Iraq…Slide14
Test TipsMultiple-Choice and Short AnswerUS-Soviet Relations - especially w/ Gorbachev
US in post-Cold War world Essay Topics:Not exclusively on this time period
Part of bigger theme
Cold War policy - End of the War
Civil Liberties post-WWII - Present
Foreign policy post WWII - debates/changes