美国历史文化概况（英文版）Unit_16_Foreign_Relations教材教学课件.pptx

Unit 16 Foreign RelationsText A Foreign Policy 导 读美国独立战争后，美国政府一直采取孤立主义的外交政策。但两次世界大战结束以后，美国经济和军事实力逐步增强，其外交政策已经转变为扩张主义，妄图建立世界霸权，形成美苏冷战对峙的两极格局。苏联解体后，美国力图建立一个以美国为主导的单极世界格局，在国际社会招致越来越多的不满，世界正朝多极化方向发展。Text A Foreign PolicyDefinitionThe foreign policy of the United States is the way in which it interacts with foreign nations and sets standards of interaction for its organizations, corporations and individual citizens.Text A Foreign PolicyGoals… to build and sustain a more democratic, secure, and prosperous world for the benefit of the American people and the international community.——the Foreign Policy Agenda of the U.S. Department of StateText A Foreign Policy… export controls, including nonproliferation of nuclear technology and nuclear hardware; measures to foster commercial intercourse with foreign nations and to safeguard American business abroad; international commodity agreements; international education; and protection of American citizens abroad and expatriation.——the United States House Committee on Foreign AffairsText A Foreign PolicyPowers of the President and CongressText A Foreign PolicyHistorical overviewThe main trend regarding the history of U.S. foreign policy since the American Revolution is the shift from non-interventionism before and after World War I, to its growth as a world power and global hegemony during and since World War II and the end of the Cold War in the 20th century. Text B America’s Pacific Century 导 读2011年，时任美国国务卿希拉里在美国《外交政策》杂志上撰文——《美国的太平洋世纪》。她提出，未来的政治将取决于亚洲，今后十年美国外交方略最重要的使命之一将是把大幅增加的投入锁定于亚太地区。Text B America’s Pacific Century3. Hillary argues that an engaged America is also vital to Asia’s future just as Asia is critical to America’s future. 4. China is regarded as the most prominent emerging partner of the United States. 5. According to the text, the most potent asset of America is its military might and economic size. Foreign Affairs Bureaucracy of the USThe Department of StateThe Department of State helps make, then execute